Contesting State Rescaling: An Analysis of the South Korean State's Discursive Strategy against Devolution

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Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1200-1224

  Sonn, Jung Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolution; Discourse analysis; Discursive strategy; South Korea; State rescaling; State spatiality; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; DEVOLUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE ROLE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH KOREA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 78049422896     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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