Struggling for the right to the (creative) city in berlin and hamburg: New urban social movements, new 'spaces of hope'?

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1816-1838

  Novy, Johannes ^a   Colomb, Claire ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berlin; Creative cities; Creative class; Germany; Hamburg; Neoliberalism; Urban entrepreneurialism; Urban politics; Urban social movements

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

BERLIN; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HAMBURG [HAMBURG (STT)];

EID: 84882592121     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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