Ordinary states: Everyday corruption and the politics of space in Mumbai

American Ethnologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-72

  Anjaria, Jonathan Shapiro ^a  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

corruption; citizenship; governance; hawkers; Mumbai ; South Asia; the state

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551519910     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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