Radical democracy in global perspective: Notes from the pluriverse

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-706

  Conway, Janet ^a   Singh, Jakeet ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; DEMOCRACY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MODERNITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79958011874     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.570029     Document Type: Article

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