Destitution and the poverty of its politics - With special reference to South Asia

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 881-891

  Harriss White, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Destitution; India; Political economy; Politics; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19144365713     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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