Urban power and political agency: Reflections on a study of local economic development in Johannesburg and Leeds

Cities

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-138

  Davies, Jonathan S ^a   Msengana Ndlela, Lindiwe G ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agency; Exclusion; Inclusion; LED; Power; Urban

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL ECONOMY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; URBAN POLITICS;

ENGLAND; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; LEEDS [LEEDS (DST)]; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84928402653     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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