Travelling technocrats, embodied knowledges: Globalising privatisation in telecoms and water

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Larner, Wendy ^a   Laurie, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Privatisation; Technocrats; Telecommunications; United Kingdom; Water

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PRIVATIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 76449086734     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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