Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-186

  Rigg, Jonathan ^a   Oven, Katie ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Liberal resilience; Rural Asia; The market imperative; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LIBERALISM; MARKET SYSTEM; POLITICAL CHANGE; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA;

EID: 84929167356     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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