The Indian hierarchy: Culture, ideology and consciousness in Bengali village politics

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 689-732

  Ruud, Arild Engelsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; RURAL POLITICS;

BENGAL; INDIA;

EID: 0032810261     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X9900342X     Document Type: Article

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