Cities of Uncertainty: Jakarta, the Urban Majority, and Inventive Political Technologies

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 243-263

  Simone, Abdoumaliq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global South; Jakarta; political technologies; subjectification; urbanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890353145     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276413501872     Document Type: Article

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