The 'missing middle': Class and urban governance in Delhi's unauthorised colonies

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-105

  Lemanski, Charlotte ^a   Tawa Lama Rewal, Stéphanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Civil society; Delhi; India; Participation; Political society; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84870746196     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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