Forging a 'new' organizational infrastructure for Los Angeles' progressive community

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 881-896

  Nicholls, Walter Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348233859     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0309-1317.2003.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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