The politics and policy of economic restructuring in Australia: Understanding government responses to the closure of an automotive plant

Space and Polity

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-261

  Beer, Andrew ^a   Thomas, Holli ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CLOSURE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 37549036273     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: 14701235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562570701811569     Document Type: Article

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