Governing cities through participation - A Foucauldian analysis of CityPlan Vancouver

Urban Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 256-276

  Rosol, Marit ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CityPlan; Foucault; governmentality; participation; urban governance; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84924042981     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2014.952542     Document Type: Article

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