Fighting for the 'right to the city': Examining spatial injustice in Chicago public school closings

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 670-687

  Grant, Carl A ^a   Floch Arcello, Anna ^a   Konrad, Annika M ^a   Swenson, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

democracy; mayoral control; right to the city; school closings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906546663     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2014.919844     Document Type: Article

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