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Articles

The Politics of Knowledge and Social Cash Transfers: The Constitutive Effects of an Anti-Poverty Regime in Indonesia

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Pages 549-572 | Received 02 May 2022, Accepted 04 Dec 2022, Published online: 23 Jun 2023

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