Longing for Wikitopia: The study and politics of self-organisation

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2301-2312

  Uitermark, Justus ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

community; complexity theory; government; Internet; self organisation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMPLEXITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNET; PARADIGM SHIFT; SELF ORGANIZATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84941241762     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015577334     Document Type: Article

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