Humanitarian space and the social imaginary: Médecins sans frontières/doctors without borders and the rhetoric of global community

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 354-369

  Dechaine, D Robert ^a,b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61049269804     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019685902236896     Document Type: Article

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