A cultural political economy of crisis recovery: (trans-)national imaginaries of 'BRIC' and subaltern groups in China

Economy and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-570

  Sum, Ngai Ling ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BRIC discourse; China's stimulus package; crisis recovery; cultural political economy; land based finance; subaltern groups

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

BRAZIL; CHINA; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84889582526     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2012.760348     Document Type: Article

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