Soviet and post-Soviet planning in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-181

  Alexander, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency; Kazakhstan; Planning; Post Soviet; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249746900     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X07076787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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