Interlinked contracts and social power: Patronage and exploitation in India's waste recovery market

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1448-1474

  Gill, Kaveri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RECOVERY PLAN; WASTE;

EID: 37149047071     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701611519     Document Type: Article

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