Humanitarian Space as Arena: A Perspective on the Everyday Politics of Aid

Development and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1117-1139

  Hilhorst, Dorothea ^a   Jansen, Bram J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT AID; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN AID; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REFUGEE;

KENYA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 78649506793     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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