Representing poverty and attacking representations: Perspectives on poverty from social anthropology

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1108-1129

  Green, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; POVERTY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33750112521     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600884068     Document Type: Article

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