273 The cultural politics of economic development

Thursday, August 2, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
NB 464 (Faculty of Economics)

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development (host committee)

Language: English
Session Organizer:
Frederick WHERRY, University of Michigan, USA
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