Political mobilisation, the poor and democratisation in neo-liberal India

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-508

  Sahoo, Sarbeswar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Civil society; Globalisation; India; Politics of economic reform; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953797785     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472331003798483     Document Type: Article

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