From actor to avatar: The place of mayors in theories of urban governance

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 801-810

  Jayne, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL THEORY; TERRITORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 80155191294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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