Conscripts of competitiveness: Culture, institutions and capital in contemporary development

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-579

  Taylor, Marcus ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; COMPETITIVENESS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LIBERALISM; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

EID: 77954178529     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436591003701083     Document Type: Article

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