Policing development: Urban renewal as neo-liberal security strategy

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-214

  Samara, Tony Roshan ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; SECURITY THREAT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBAN RENEWAL;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 72449142705     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009349772     Document Type: Article

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