Gluing globalization: NGOs as intermediaries in Haiti

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-104

  Schuller, Mark ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Haiti; Neoliberalism; Ngo class; Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); Nongovernmentality; Semi elites; Transnational middle class

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952299900     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2009.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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