'Living well' while 'doing good'? (missing) debates on altruism and professionalism in aid work

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1475-1491

  Fechter, Anne Meike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DEVELOPMENT THEORY; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL WORK;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84865051590     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2012.698133     Document Type: Article

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