Prospects for Centralizing Services in an Urban County: Evidence From Eight Self-Organized Networks of Local Public Services

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-470

  Leroux, Kelly ^a   Carr, Jered B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN POLITICS;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957142781     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2010.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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