The politics of forgetting: Class politics, state power and the restructuring of urban space in India

Urban Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2415-2430

  Fernandes, Leela ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8644255034     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980412331297609     Document Type: Article

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