Shifting views of environmental NGOs in Spain and Romania

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 143-160

  O'Brien, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administration; Democratization; Environment; Non governmental organizations; Romania; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749137306     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683850902723462     Document Type: Article

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