Promising information: Democracy, development, and the remapping of Latin America

Economy and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-150

  Hetherington, Kregg ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bureaucratic reform; cybernetics; information; international development; land reform; rural politics

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; INFORMATION; LAND REFORM; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLITICS;

LATIN AMERICA; PARAGUAY;

EID: 84861871838     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2011.607365     Document Type: Article

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