Rereading Urban Regime Theory: A Sympathetic Critique

Geoforum

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-438

  Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COX,K.; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN REGIME THEORY;

EID: 0030422630     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(97)87197-7     Document Type: Review

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