Puzzling agency in centre-local relations: Regulatory governance and accounts of change under new labour

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 495-514

  Griggs, Steven ^a   Sullivan, Helen ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Centre local relations; Regulatory governance; Regulatory intermediaries; Well Being Power

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903532524     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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