'One-man handled': Fragmented power and political entrepreneurship in globalizing Mumbai

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-35

  Weinstein, Liza ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmented state power; Globalization; India; Mumbai; Political entrepreneurship; Redevelopment; State restructuring; Urban development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NATION STATE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; REDEVELOPMENT; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 84890862141     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12040     Document Type: Article

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