The problem of letting go: The 'big society', accountable governance and 'the curse of the decentralizing minister'

Local Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 652-662

  Flinders, Matthew ^a   Moon, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Big Society'; accountability; governance; ministerial responsibility; responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755187900     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094211422187     Document Type: Article

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