Austerity urbanism: American cities under extreme economy

City

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 626-655

  Peck, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Austerity; extreme economy; neoliberal urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874303098     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.734071     Document Type: Article

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