The communities we are regaining but need to lose: A critical commentary on community building in beyond-place societies

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-411

  Sprigings, Nigel ^a,b   Allen, Chris ^c  

^a Telford Inst Envrn System   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Mobility; Place; Social exclusion; Space; Time; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044441573     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800500263032     Document Type: Review

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