The Rise of International Nongovernmental Organizations: A Top-Down or Bottom-Up Explanation?

Voluntas

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-416

  Lee, Taedong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Democracy; Global civil society; International nongovernmental organizations; Political globalization

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMETRICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBALIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EID: 77955035674     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-010-9137-5     Document Type: Article

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