Sanitizing public space in olympic host cities: The spatial experiences of marginalized youth in 2010 vancouver and 2012 London

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 765-781

  Kennelly, Jacqueline ^a   Watt, Paul ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debord; global cities; homelessness; Lefebvre; Olympics; police; poverty; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053954529     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511413425     Document Type: Article

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