Food policy and politics: The political economy of the Public Distribution System in India

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-101

  Mooij, Jos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION POLICY; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FOOD POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL POLICY;

INDIA;

EID: 0031832551     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159808438667     Document Type: Article

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