Citizen participation and neighbourhood governance: Analysing democratic practice

Local Government Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-400

  Farrelly, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area Forum; Democracy; Participation; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950784832     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930902992675     Document Type: Article

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