Sense of place and place-based activism in the neoliberal city: The case of 'weird' resistance

City

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-67

  Long, Joshua ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neoliberal urbanization; place based activism; sense of place; urban activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874314762     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.754186     Document Type: Article

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