Homespun capital: economic patriotism and housing finance under stress

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-372

  Seabrooke, Leonard ^a  

^a Department for Business and Politics ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; economic patriotism; everyday politics; financial crisis; housing; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857257938     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.638131     Document Type: Article

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