Tunnel-bypasses and minarets of capitalism: Amman as neoliberal assemblage

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-120

  Parker, Christopher ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agency formation; Governmentality; Jordan; Middle East; Neoliberalism; State spatialization

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; EMPOWERMENT; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; POLITICAL POWER; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 67349241937     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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