The violence of aid? giving, power and active subjects in one world conservatism

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1125-1143

  Sharp, Joanne ^a   Campbell, Patricia ^a   Laurie, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; GLOBALIZATION; MORALITY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL THEORY; POWER RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE;

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EID: 78649454202     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2010.518789     Document Type: Article

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