The marketisation of social justice: The case of the Sudan divestment campaign

New Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-229

  Soederberg, Susanne ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; MARKET; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

SUDAN;

EID: 77950785570     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460902825999     Document Type: Article

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