"A World Class City of Your Own!": Civic Governmentality in Chennai, India

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Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1143-1160

  Ellis, Rowan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governmentality; India; Participation; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ELITE POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WORLD CITY;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84864956876     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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