We-ness and Welfare: A Longitudinal Analysis of Social Development in Kerala, India

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-293

  Singh, Prerna ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Kerala; Public goods provision; Social development; South Asia; Subnationalism

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; NATIONALISM; PUBLIC GOODS; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 78650542619     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.11.025     Document Type: Article

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