Globalising Economic Governance, Political Projects, and Spatial Imaginaries: Insights from Four Australasian Cities

Geographical Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-84

  Wetzstein, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasia; Cities; Economic governance; Globalization; Institutions; Political projects; Spatial imaginaries

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY STRATEGY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874206448     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2012.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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