Developmentalities and Calculative Practices: The Millennium Development Goals

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Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 844-874

  Ilcan, Suzan ^a   Phillips, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calculative practices; Developmentalities; Expertise; Neoliberal rationalities; United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NEOLIBERALISM; RATIONALIZATION; STATE ROLE; UNESCO; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 77955742456     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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