South African NGOs and the public sphere: Between popular movements and partnerships for development

Social Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-435

  Mueller Hirth, Natascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society; Counterpublics; NGO; Social movement; South africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649127554     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950903076568     Document Type: Article

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