Tensions of neo-liberal development: State discourse and dramatic oppositions in West Bengal

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-320

  Costa, Da Dia ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; PRIVATIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 38849098339     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670704100301     Document Type: Article

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