The implications of the Lyons Report into local government in England for structural reform in Australian local government

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 852-867

  Grant, Bligh ^a   Dollery, Brian ^a   Crase, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local government; Place shaping; Structural reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349606265     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690903026034     Document Type: Article

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