Municipal policing meets the new deal: The politics of a city-centre warden project

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-304

  Helms, Gesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City centre; Incivility; Policing; Public space; Social order; Urban regeneration; Warden programme; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; POLICE FORCE; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34948854779     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407081163     Document Type: Article

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