The problem of democratic anchorage for interlocal agreements

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-103

  Zeemering, Eric S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

city council; democratic performance; interlocal agreement; network governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255194922     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074010397532     Document Type: Article

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