Reframing NGOs: The identity of an international relations non-starter

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-258

  Götz, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Associations; Civil society; Conceptual history; IR theory; Linguistic turn; NGOs; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449088553     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066108089242     Document Type: Article

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