Soft policies of exclusion: Entrepreneurial strategies of ambience and control of public space in Gothenburg, Sweden

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 989-1008

  Thörn, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

GOTEBORG; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 80054732701     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.7.989     Document Type: Article

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