Permitting protest: Parsing the fine geography of dissent in America

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 796-813

  Mitchell, Don ^a   Staeheli, Lynn A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LIBERALISM; POPULAR PROTEST; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SPACE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646692235     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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