Formality and informality in an Indian urban waste economy

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2017, Pages 417-434

  Harriss White, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; India; Informal economy; Labour; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028942393     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-07-2016-0084     Document Type: Article

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