Development reconsidered; new directions in development thinking

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-201

  Simon, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Development in practice; Development studies; Development theory; Post developmentalism; Postmodernism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001356704     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.1997.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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