Who gives, who receives, and who wins?: Transforming capital into political change through nongovernmental organizations

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-47

  Brown, David S ^a   Brown, J Christopher ^b   Desposato, Scott W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; NGO; Politics; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749017425     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414007309205     Document Type: Article

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