Urban managers and public policy: Do institutional arrangements influence decisions to initiate policy?

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-411

  Krebs, Timothy B ^a   Pelissero, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

City managers; May oral power; Partisan ballots; Policy initiation; Reinventing government

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 72149114601     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087409342693     Document Type: Article

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