The development and present state of local government in England and Germany - a comparison

Comparing Public Sector Reform in Britain and Germany: Key Traditions and Trends of Modernisation

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 107-131

  Wollmann, Hellmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 85084909473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315196299-6     Document Type: Chapter

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