Economic Development, Racialization, and Privilege: "Yes in My Backyard" Prison Politics and the Reinvention of Madras, Oregon

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1389-1405

  Bonds, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development; housing; NIMBY ism; prison; race

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LEADERSHIP; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; POVERTY; RACE; RACIAL IDENTITY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886433764     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.779549     Document Type: Article

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