Neoliberalism and Nativism: Local Anti-Immigrant Policy Activism and an Emerging Politics of Scale

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-311

  Varsanyi, Monica W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Nativism; Neoliberalism; Scale

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IMMIGRATION POLICY; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION MIGRATION; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79851504682     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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