Kicking away the ladder: Student politics and the making of an Indian middle class

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-536

  Jeffrey, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CLASS; POLITICS; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 45849120162     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/dcos4     Document Type: Article

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