Philanthropy as an Essentially Contested Concept

Voluntas

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 535-557

  Daly, Siobhan ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essentially contested concept; Philanthropy; W.B. Gallie

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMANITARIAN AID; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84864095089     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9213-5     Document Type: Article

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