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‘The gates of paradise are open’: Contesting and producing publicness in the Brussels metro through fare evasion by Louise Sträuli and Wojciech Kębłowski

This article is for a forthcoming special Issue: Public Transport as Public Space.

In this latest special issue article, Louise Sträuli and Wojciech Kębłowski use the metro in Brussels as a case study to examine public transport as a public space.

Migrant-led diversification and differential inclusion in arrival cities across Asia and the Pacific by Junjia Ye and Brenda SA Yeoh

This article is the introduction to the forthcoming special issue: Migrant-led diversification and differential inclusion in arrival cities across Asia and the Pacific

Junjia Ye and Brenda Yeoh's introduction to this special issue focuses on arrival cities in the Asia-Pacific region in an imaginative attempt to advance the conversation on urban diversification in an age of global migration.

Regressive revenue sourcing by local governments by Thai V Le and Matthew M Young

New paper by Thai V Le and Matthew M Young examines the regressive and discriminatory nature of nontax alternatives such as fines, fees and forfeitures used increasingly by local municipalities in California.

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