Assessing civil society impact for democracy programmes: Using an advocacy scale in Indonesia and the Philippines

Democratization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-103

  Blair, Harry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy scale; Civil society impact; Democracy programmes; Indonesia; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRATIZATION; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1342309303     PISSN: 13510347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13510340412331294142     Document Type: Article

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