Towards a method for postcolonial development geography? Possibilities and challenges

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-288

  Raghuram, Parvati ^a   Madge, Clare ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British neoliberal academy; Development geography; Dialogue; Method; Postcolonial; Theory

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; POST-COLONIALISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749238053     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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