Four Viewpoints of Whole Area Public Partnerships

Local Government Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-556

  Willis, Martin ^a   Jeffares, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local government; partnership; Q methodology; total place; whole area

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; PUBLIC SPENDING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867173063     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2011.615836     Document Type: Article

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