The City Manager's Role in Policy-Making: A Perspective Beyond Substitution and Collaboration Models

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 358-372

  Zhang, Yahong ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

city manager; collaboration; council; leadership; mayor; policy making; substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898841325     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074012467494     Document Type: Article

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