A neoliberalisation of civil society? self-help groups and the labouring class poor in rural south India

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-512

  Pattenden, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society; India; Karnataka; Poverty; Self help groups

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CLASS; EMPLOYMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEOLIBERALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POVERTY; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; RURAL POLITICS; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; INCOME; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; INDIA; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 77954509668     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2010.494372     Document Type: Article

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