Why network across national borders? TANs, their discursivity, and the case of the anti-GATS campaign

Journal of Civil Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-79

  Strange, Michael ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discourse; GATS; TANs; Transnational advocacy networks; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953851836     PISSN: 17448689     EISSN: 17448697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2011.553432     Document Type: Article

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