Marketisation, public services and the city: The potential for Polanyian counter movements

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-61

  Warner, Mildred E ^a   Clifton, Judith ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

city; crisis; double movement; marketisation; public services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894336911     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst028     Document Type: Article

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