Provisional agency in India: Jugaad and legitimation of corruption

American Ethnologist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-91

  Jauregui, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Corruption; India; Jugaad; Morality; Police; Power; The state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894103079     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/amet.12061     Document Type: Article

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