"I serve therefore I am": Youth and generative politics in India

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 967-994

  Jeffrey, Craig ^a   Dyson, Jane ^b  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84914147984     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417514000462     Document Type: Article

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