Partnership or presence? Exploring the complexity of community planning

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-92

  Sinclair, Stephen ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community planning; Complexity theory; Governance; Partnership; Third sector

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING PRACTICE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952516635     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2010.548550     Document Type: Article

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