Cities beyond Compare?

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-182

  Peck, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative urbanism; Postcolonial urbanism; Poststructuralism; Urban political economy; Urban theory

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POST-COLONIALISM; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84919651689     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.980801     Document Type: Article

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