Regime building, institution building: Urban renewal policy in chicago, 1946-1962

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-194

  Rast, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CAPACITY BUILDING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POST-WAR; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449166732     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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