Impacts of local government reforms in Greece: An interim assessment

Local Government Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 517-532

  Hlepas, Nikolaos Komninos ^a   Getimis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Europeanisation; Greece; Institutional change; Local government reforms; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL REFORM; TERRITORIALITY;

GREECE;

EID: 80053122173     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.604544     Document Type: Article

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