Globalization, the city and civil society in Pacific Asia

Globalization the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia: The Social Production of Civic Spaces

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-26

  Douglass, Mike ^a   Ho, K C ^b   Ooi, Giok Ling ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84919546170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939383     Document Type: Chapter

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