Transparency Short-Circuited: Laughter and Numbers in Costa Rican Water Politics

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-241

  Andrea Ballestero, S ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Indicators; Knowledge; Laughter; NGOs; Numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869025972     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2012.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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