Towards Post-political Consensus in Urban Policy? Localism and the Emerging Agenda for Regeneration Under the Cameron Government

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-82

  Deas, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EQUITY; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN RENEWAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874762751     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2012.699228     Document Type: Article

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