Shaming the inside game: A critique of the liberal expansionist approach to addressing urban problems

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-248

  Imbroscio, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development urban politics; Liberalism; Regionalism; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LIBERALISM; REGIONALISM; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 33749592364     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087406291444     Document Type: Article

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