Devolution dynamics of spanish local government

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1476-1495

  Balaguer Coll, Maria Teresa ^a   Prior, Diego ^b   Tortosa Ausina, Emili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVOLUTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLITICAL POWER;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956065669     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42506     Document Type: Article

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