Multiple Financial Modernities. International Financial Centres, Urban Boosters and the Internet as the Site of Negotiations;De multiples modernités financières: Les centres financiers internationaux, la promotion urbaine et l'Internet comme lieu de négociations

Regional Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 850-867

  Engelen, Ewald ^a   Glasmacher, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural analysis; International financial centres (IFCs); Self representations on the Internet; World cities

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INTERNET; MODERNITY; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; WORLD CITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84927802273     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2011.624510     Document Type: Article

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