European capitals of culture – Digging deeper into the governance of the mega-event

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 52-74

  Németh, Ágnes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

European capital of culture; Participation; P cs 2010; Relational governance; Turku 2011

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971413435     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2014.992804     Document Type: Article

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