City managers and the urban bureaucracy

Cities, Politics, and Policy: A Comparative Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 169-195

  England, Robert E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483330006.n8     Document Type: Chapter

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