Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The social and cultural impact of neoliberal reforms

Globalisation and the Middle Classes in India: The Social and Cultural Impact of Neoliberal Reforms

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-194

  Ganguly Scrase, Ruchira ^a   Scrase, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203884393     Document Type: Book

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