Activists beyond Brussels: Transnational NGO strategies on EU-west African trade negotiations

Globalizations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-126

  Silke, Trommer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Non state actors; Political economy; Trade; Trade and development; Transnational activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952416643     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2011.544214     Document Type: Article

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