Revitalizing urban research: Can cultural explanation bring us back from the periphery?

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-75

  Sharp, Elaine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture war; Economic development; Local elections; Morality issues; Political economy; Subculture; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLITICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548179065     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087407301242     Document Type: Article

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