Doing NGO Work: The politics of being 'civil society' and promoting 'good governance' in Cambodia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-114

  Frewer, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; civil society; development; good governance; neo patrimonialism; NGOs

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POST-COLONIALISM;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 84874528967     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2013.765350     Document Type: Article

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