World culture in the world polity: A century of international non-governmental organization

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-190

  Boli, John ^a   Thomas, George M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NGO ROLE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION;

EID: 0031423329     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657298     Document Type: Article

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