Before and after the creative city: The politics of urban cultural policy in Austin, Texas

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-97

  Grodach, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856462389     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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