(Re)theorizing cities from the global south: Looking beyond neoliberalism

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 593-617

  Parnell, Susan ^a   Robinson, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developmental state; global South; good city; post neoliberalism; right to the city; South African city; state civil society interface; urban poverty

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY; WORLD CITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84861090997     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.4.593     Document Type: Article

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