‘Why Should We Vote?’: The Indian middle class and the functioning of the world's largest democracy

Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 35-54

  Jaffrelot, Christophe ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

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EID: 84875317108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9788178299976.n2     Document Type: Chapter

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