“Babylon makes the rules”: Compliance, fear, and self-discipline in the quest for official NGO status

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-200

  Alvaré, Bretton T ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Habitus; Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); Rastafari; Tobago; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455227021     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2010.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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