Activating Citizens, Remaking Brokerage: Transparency Activism, Ethical Scenes, and the Urban Poor in Delhi

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-222

  Webb, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active citizenship; Brokerage; Delhi; India; Right to Information; RTI; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869071508     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2012.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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