The Role of Multiculturalism in the Discursive Rescaling of an Eastern European City

Mobilities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-52

  Mǎdroane, Irina Diana ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

City; Eastern Europe; globalization; local authority texts and website; mobility; multiculturalism; recontextualization; regional identity

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; COMPETITIVENESS; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; MULTICULTURALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; REGIONALIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BANAT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; TIMIS; TIMISOARA;

EID: 84857181456     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.631810     Document Type: Article

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