Street vendor livelihoods and everyday politics in Hanoi, Vietnam: The seeds of a diverse economy?

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1027-1044

  Turner, Sarah ^a   Schoenberger, Laura ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; MODERNITY; NEOLIBERALISM; URBAN AREA;

HANOI; VIET NAM;

EID: 84857972284     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011408934     Document Type: Article

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