Global complexity and global civil society

Voluntas

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-342

  Chesters, Graeme ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Global civil society; Globalization; Protest; Social movements

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 13444288186     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-004-1235-9     Document Type: Article

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