When do NGOs matter? Activist organisations as a source of change in the international debt regime

Global Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-78

  Broome, André ^a  

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CIVIL SOCIETY; DEBT; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 58149475237     PISSN: 13600826     EISSN: 1469798X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600820802556769     Document Type: Article

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