Researching hybrid 'economic'/'development' geographies in practice: Methodological reflections from a collaborative project on india's new service economy

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-651

  Vira, Bhaskar ^a   James, Al ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundary crossings; development geography; economic geography; hybrid research; methodological debates

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR RELATIONS; METHODOLOGY;

INDIA;

EID: 80052836235     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132510394012     Document Type: Article

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