The final frontier: Charter schools as new community institutions of gentrification

Urban Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-128

  Hankins, Katherine B ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Community; Gentrifications; Neoliberal state; Place identity

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; INNER CITY AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848848077     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.28.2.113     Document Type: Article

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