The urban roots of anti-neoliberal social movements: The case of Athens, Greece

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2591-2610

  Arampatzi, Athina ^a   Nicholls, Walter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Athens; Neoliberalism; Urban movements

Indexed keywords

NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84870733742     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44416     Document Type: Article

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