Mappings of power: The state, NGOs, and international organizations in the informal economy of Cairo

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 571-605

  Elyachar, Julia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LAND RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POWER RELATIONS; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0141561948     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417503000264     Document Type: Article

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