The Regime of Informality in Neoliberal Times in Turkey: The Case of the Kadifekale Urban Transformation Project

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 689-714

  Demirtas Milz, Neslihan ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clientelism; Collective action; Informality; Kurdish identity; Local politics; Neoliberalism; Urban poor; Urban transformation renewal

Indexed keywords

CLIENTELISM; IMMIGRANT; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84874384070     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12005     Document Type: Article

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