Phone centres and the struggle for public space in Italy: between revanchist policies and practices of resistance

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-237

  Semprebon, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

immigrants; political engagement; revanchism; urban safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859416714     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2011.633409     Document Type: Article

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