Green subjection: The politics of neoliberal urban environmental management

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 616-632

  Brand, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cities; Citizenship; Environment; Everyday life; Govern mentality; Management; Politics; Regulation; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; REGULATORY APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 35349019294     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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