Local politicians' attitudes towards participatory initiatives: A bulpittian perspective

Public Money and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-110

  McKenna, Dave ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Councillors; Local government; Local politics; Public participation; lites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893631253     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656012     Document Type: Article

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