Geographies of mediation: Market development and the rural broker in Maharashtra, India

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-207

  Simon, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brokers; Commercialization; Cookstoves; Development; India; Indoor air pollution; Neoliberal state

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMERCIALIZATION; COOKING APPLIANCE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67649888322     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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