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Of neo‐populist pipe‐dreams: Daedalus in the Third World and the myth of urban bias

Terence J. Byres

The Journal of Peasant Studies · 1979 · 186 citations · 32 references

Concepts

Social SciencesDevelopment StudiesUrban StudiesDevelopment EconomicsUrban DevelopmentUrban SociologyPovertyUrban Development PoliticsUrban Economic DevelopmentUrban EquityUrban Political EconomyPlace-based DisadvantageUrban BiasUrban ElitesUrban MarginalizationUrban PopulismUrban PovertyUrban PrecarityWorld Bank Development Policy

Abstract

Why Poor People Stay Poor. A Study of Urban Bias in World Development, by Michael Lipton. London: Temple Smith, 1977. Pp. 467; index; tables; £9.50

References

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