Prologue: Victims or partners? The social perspective in development-induced displacement and resettlement

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-282

  Price, Susanna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Development forced displacement; India; International standards; Involuntary resettlement; Land acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449393575     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210903305821     Document Type: Article

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