'Keeping the state away': Democracy, politics, and the state in India's Jharkhand

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-145

  Shah, Alpa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847646692     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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