London's Olympics in 2012: The good, the bad and an organising opportunity

Political Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community organising; Living wage; Mega development; Olympics; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878359388     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.12.003     Document Type: Editorial

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