Is urban politics a black hole?: Analyzing the boundary between political science and urban politics

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-106

  Sapotichne, Joshua ^a   Jones, Bryan D ^a   Wolfe, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Citation analysis; Regime politics; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 34548163171     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407302901     Document Type: Article

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