What Can Social Capital Tell Us About Planning Under Localism?

Local Government Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-88

  Holman, Nancy ^a   Rydin, Yvonne ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Localism; networks; planning; social capital

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING SYSTEM; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATE ROLE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874628794     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2012.675330     Document Type: Article

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