Italian municipalities and the politics of financial derivatives: Rethinking the Foucauldian perspective

Competition and Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 283-300

  Lagna, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austerity; Derivatives; Foucauldian political economy; Italy; Municipalities; Politics of financialization; Varieties of financialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936994870     PISSN: 10245294     EISSN: 14772221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024529415581969     Document Type: Review

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