The poverty discourse and the poor in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-115

  Yapa, Lakshman ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed scarcity; Discourse theory; Food production; Nexus of production relations; Poverty; Sri Lanka; Substantive approach to poverty

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032462601     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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