Analysing democracy in third-party government: Business improvement districts in the US and UK

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 738-753

  Justice, Jonathan B ^a   Skelcher, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Democracy; Institutional design; Performance; Third party government

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350409591     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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