Cultural sources of institutional resilience: Lessons from chieftaincy in rural Malawi

Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 319-345

  Swidler, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924206359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139542425.018     Document Type: Chapter

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