The ethnography of transnational social activism: Understanding the global as local practice

American Ethnologist

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-604

  Cunningham, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global civil society; Globalization; Political economy and culture; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033233951     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.1999.26.3.583     Document Type: Article

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