Re-stating the post-political: Depoliticization, social inequalities, and city-region growth

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 51-72

  Etherington, David ^a   Jones, Martin ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City region building; depoliticization; neoliberalism; post political

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85041794879     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X17738536     Document Type: Article

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