Marginality, agency and power: Experiencing the state in contemporary India

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-23

  Williams, Philippa ^a   Vira, Bhaskar ^a   Chopra, Deepta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Development Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; India; Marginality; Politics; The state

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICS; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 79952936107     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5509/20118417     Document Type: Article

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