Geographies and utopias of Cameron's Big Society;Géographies et utopies du «Big Society» de Cameron

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 817-827

  North, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Society; empowerment; neoliberalisation; urban problems

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; LIBERALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC SPENDING; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859242466     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2011.618889     Document Type: Article

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