The everyday state and political society in Eastern India: Structuring access to the employment assurance scheme

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1-28

  Véron, René ^a   Corbridge, Stuart ^b   Williams, Glyn ^c   Srivastava, Manoj ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EMPLOYMENT; PARTY POLITICS; STATE ROLE;

BIDUPUR; BIHAR; DEBRA; INDIA; MALDA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0042366256     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331333129     Document Type: Article

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