Rethinking civil society in the age of NAFTA: The case of Mexico

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 610, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-200

  Shefner, Jon ^a,b  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Class; NAFTA; Neoliberalism; Nongovernmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847654684     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206296797     Document Type: Review

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