Geografie 2010, 115, 330-346

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2010115030330

Alternative to jobless growth? All-India context and a case of participatory development scheme from rural Tamil Nadu

Josef Novotný1, Nallan Ramachandran2

1Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czechia
2Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur, 613403, India

Received December 2009
Accepted May 2010

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