Strategies used by health scrutiny committees to influence decision-makers

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-274

  Boyd, Alan ^a   Coleman, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision makers; Health scrutiny; Influence strategies; Resources

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODERNIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959242448     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.571252     Document Type: Article

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