Looking across the contextual divide: Studying performance in South India

South Asia Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Blackburn, Stuart ^a  

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EID: 70350047999     PISSN: 02627280     EISSN: 17413141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026272809801800101     Document Type: Article

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