The fittest city in America

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-327

  Silk, Michael L ^a,b   Andrews, David L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoliberalism; Social exclusion; Subjectivity; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746257068     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723506290677     Document Type: Article

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