Introduction: The limits of neoliberalism

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-126

  Kingfisher, Catherine ^a   Maskovsky, Jeff ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Urban Studies

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnography; Governing practices; Inequality; Neoliberalism; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949122538     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X08090544     Document Type: Editorial

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