The variegated economics and the potential politics of the smart city

Territory, Politics, Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 337-353

  Rossi, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multinational firms; Potential politics; Recession; Smart city; Turin; Variegated capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982307185     PISSN: 21622671     EISSN: 2162268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2015.1036913     Document Type: Article

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