Pavement dwelling in Delhi, India: An ethnographic account of survival on the margins

Human Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-81

  Padgett, Deborah K ^a   Priyam, Prachi ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global South; Homelessness; Income inequality; Stigma

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHNOGRAPHY; HOMELESSNESS; SURVIVAL; WAGE GAP;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 85020897911     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/0018-7259.76.1.73     Document Type: Article

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