Charter schools and urban regimes in neoliberal context: Making workers and new spaces in metropolitan Atlanta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 528-547

  Hankins, Katherine B ^a   Martin, Deborah G ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN ECONOMY;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750143776     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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