Social justice and the region: Grassroots regional movements and the 'English question'

Space and Polity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-189

  Jones, Martin ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; REGIONAL POLITICS; REGIONALISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5444226935     PISSN: 13562576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356257042000273940     Document Type: Article

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