Urban regeneration partnerships: A figurational critique of governmentality theory

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-101

  Lever, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civilizing process; community safety; Elias; Foucault; governmentality; partnership working; urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551615017     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510387193     Document Type: Article

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