Homelessness, rights, and the delusions of property

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 577-590

  Blomley, Nicholas ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Law; Property; Rights

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; HOMELESSNESS; LIBERALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 73449093182     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.6.577     Document Type: Article

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