Rescaling the Chinese state and regionalization in the Great Mekong Subregion

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-527

  Su, Xiaobo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; downward implementation; Greater Mekong Subregion; rescaling state; upward coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865095075     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2011.561129     Document Type: Article

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