QUESTIONING A NEOLIBERAL URBAN REGENERATION POLICY: The rhetoric of “cities of culture” and the city of Gwangju, Korea

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-347

  Lee, Kwang‐Suk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

creative city; cultural industry; human rights; neoliberalism; state interventionism; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949879713     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286630701683201     Document Type: Article

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