Book Review: "Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy"

2022-12
Şimşek, Heval Yaren
THORNTON, C. (2021), Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy. University of California Press.

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Citation Formats
H. Y. Şimşek, “Book Review: “Revolution in development: Mexico and the governance of the global economy”,” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 343–347, 2022, Accessed: 00, 2023. [Online]. Available: http://www2.feas.metu.edu.tr/metusd/ojs/index.php/metusd/article/view/1238/546.