Assemblages, actor-networks, and the challenges of critical urban theory

Cities for People, Not for Profit: Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-137

  Brenner, Neil ^a   Madden, David J ^b   Wachsmuth, David ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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