Local autonomy, bond-rating agencies and neoliberal urbanism in the United States

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 707-725

  Hackworth, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; PLANNING PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036931243     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00412     Document Type: Article

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