Detroit after bankruptcy: A case of degrowth machine politics

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 818-836

  Schindler, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity urbanism; degrowth; Detroit; growth coalitions; municipal bankruptcy; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MACHINERY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84958041528     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014563485     Document Type: Article

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