The institutional setting of local political leadership and community involvement

Urban Governance and Democracy: Leadership and Community Involvement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 65-101

  Bäck, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84906137683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203340950     Document Type: Chapter

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