NGO legitimacy: Technical issue or social construct?

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Lister, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Discourses; Institutional theory; Legitimacy; NGOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038130926     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X03023002004     Document Type: Review

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