From local consciousness to global change: Asserting power at the local scale

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 823-833

  Pendras, Mark ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULAR PROTEST; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 0036927209     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00421     Document Type: Article

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