The anti-politics of mekong knowledge production

Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region: Hydropower, Livelihoods and Governance

Volumn 9781849770866, Issue , 2012, Pages 333-356

  Käkönen, Mira ^a   Hirsch, Philip ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION;

EID: 84925777486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770866     Document Type: Chapter

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