'Revolution forever': Consumerism and object lessons for the urban poor

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 103-128

  Srivastava, Sanjay ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

aspirations; consumerism; Delhi; India; Urban poor; urban space

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; LIBERALIZATION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 77956534340     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996671004400206     Document Type: Article

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