The geography of community and political organisation in London today

Political Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-126

  Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alinsky; Community organising; London; Social networks; Urban politics; Urban social capital; Urban sociality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857189125     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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