Post-politics, crisis, and Ireland's 'ghost estates'

Political Geography

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-133

  O'Callaghan, Cian ^a   Boyle, Mark ^a   Kitchin, Rob ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crisis; Discourse analysis; Empty signifier; Ghost estates; Ireland; Media; Post politics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HEGEMONY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84906728826     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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