A Monstrous Hybrid: The Political Economy of Housing in Early Twenty-first Century Sweden

New Political Economy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 885-911

  Christophers, Brett ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

housing; neoliberalism; political economy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; HOUSING; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84889094423     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2012.753521     Document Type: Article

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