Caring at a distance: Gift Theory, aid chains and social movements

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-251

  Silk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid chains; Gift Theory; Non governmental organizations; Post structuralism; Social movements

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; FINANCIAL PROVISION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 10944247789     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360410001690231     Document Type: Review

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