Mercenaries, missionaries and misfits: Representations of development personnel

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-425

  Stirrat, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology of development; Anthropology of expatriates; Discourses of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849142941     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X08098259     Document Type: Article

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