On theory and method: Critical ethnographic approaches to urban regulatory restructuring

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-565

  Fairbanks, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

governmentality; urban ethnography; urban informality; urban restructuring

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL THEORY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84861057761     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.4.545     Document Type: Article

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