Humanitarian NGOs and mediations of political order in Sri Lanka

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-112

  Sørensen, Birgitte Refslund ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 41749090720     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710801959174     Document Type: Article

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