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Commentary: From the Consumerist/ Oppressive City to the Functional/ Emancipatory City

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  • Leslie Sklair

    (Department of Sociology, the London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK, l.sklair@lse.ac.uk)

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  • Leslie Sklair, 2009. "Commentary: From the Consumerist/ Oppressive City to the Functional/ Emancipatory City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(12), pages 2703-2711, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:46:y:2009:i:12:p:2703-2711
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098009345539
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    1. Leslie Sklair, 2005. "The Transnational Capitalist Class and Contemporary Architecture in Globalizing Cities," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 485-500, September.
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