Situating the local in the neoliberalisation and transformation of urban governance

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3129-3146

  Blanco, Ismael ^a   Griggs, Steven ^b   Sullivan, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

crisis; governance; local state; neoliberal regimes

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; TRANSFORMATION; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84908528495     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014549292     Document Type: Article

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