Rebalancing England: Sub-national development (once again) at the crossroads

Urban Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-174

  Pugalis, Lee ^a,b   Townsend, Alan R ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic governance; local enterprise partnerships; regional development agencies; sub national development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858851466     PISSN: 17535069     EISSN: 17535077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2012.656461     Document Type: Review

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