The politics of representation and financial fetishism: The case of the G20 summits

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-540

  Soederberg, Susanne ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REGENERATION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

EID: 77954187349     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436591003701067     Document Type: Article

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