The privatization of public interest: Theorizing NGO discourse in a neoliberal era

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-176

  Kamat, Sangeeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy NGOs; Civil society; Democracy; Development NGOs; Global governance; Neoliberalism; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442533952     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969229042000179794     Document Type: Article

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