Making a river of gold: Speculative state planning, informality, and neoliberal governance on the Hooghly

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 61, 2011, Pages 46-60

  Bear, Laura ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Informality; International debt; Liberalization; Neoliberalism; Public deficit; State planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862643714     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2011.610104     Document Type: Article

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