Debt, discipline, and government: Foreclosure and forbearance in the subprime mortgage crisis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1404-1419

  Langley, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; DEBT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MORTGAGE LENDING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249098356     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41322     Document Type: Article

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