Performing Development in Street Markets: Hegemony, Governmentality, and the Qat Industry of Sana'a, Yemen

Antipode

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1329-1347

  Lauermann, John ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Hegemony; Qat; Street markets; Yemen

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; CULTURAL ECONOMY; CULTURAL TRADITION; DRUG; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; HEGEMONY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POLITICS;

AMANAH AL ASMAH; SANAA; YEMEN;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 84864927077     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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