The anthropology of power-wielding bureaucracies

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-500

  Heyman, Josiah McC ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied anthropology; Bureaucracy; Politics; Power

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BUREAUCRACY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 14644402434     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.4.m9phulu49a1l2dep     Document Type: Review

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