The improbable metropolis: Decentralization, local democracy and metropolitan areas in the Western world

Analise Social

Volumn 45, Issue 197, 2010, Pages 623-637

  Lefèvre, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Governance; Local democracy; Metropolitan areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961066537     PISSN: 00032573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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