Shhh! Noisy cities, anti-noise groups and neoliberal citizenship

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 190-203

  Clifford Rosenberg, Buck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

citizenship; governmentality; morality; noise; social problems; urban communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975089348     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783313507493     Document Type: Article

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