Financialisation through Microfinance: Civil Society and Market-Building in India

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 601-619

  Mader, Philip ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil society; financialisation; India; market building; microfinance; neoliberalism; water and sanitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919624385     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2014.963507     Document Type: Article

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