Towards radicalized communicative rationality: Resident involvement and urban democracy in Rotterdam and Antwerp

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-113

  Beaumont, Justin ^a   Loopmans, Maarten ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Erasmus University College Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antwerp; Radicalized communicative rationality; Residents; Rotterdam; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ETHNICITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41049092304     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00780.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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