Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2006, 42(5): 913-936 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.5.04

Measuring the Performance of National, Regional and Local Governments]

Tomáš Kostelecký, Věra Patočková
Sociologický ústav AV ČR, Praha

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