Urban Studies
doi: 10.1177/0042098012453858 Author: Dr Idalina Baptista, Sir Nigel Mobbs Research Fellow, Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities
View Journal Article / Working PaperSupported on the analysis of a case study from Portugal (the Polis Programme), the article analyses the use of legal practices of exception in urban governance to explore the on-going reconfiguration of relationships within the state.