Transnational advocacy networks and affirmative action for Dalits in India

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-261

  Lerche, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 42649106858     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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