A relational approach to durable poverty, inequality and power

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1156-1178

  Mosse, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIA; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77955872101     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.487095     Document Type: Article

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