Foreign aid for a post-euphoric Eastern Europe: The limitations of western assistance in developing civil society

Journal of International Relations and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-266

  Narozhna, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civil society; Foreign aid; Non governmental organizations (NGOs); Post socialist transition

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; CIVIL SOCIETY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POST-COMMUNISM;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10644262154     PISSN: 14086980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800024     Document Type: Article

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