Power Topographies

A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 383-399

  Ferguson, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Critical analysis; Democratization; Non governmental organizations; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889411791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693681.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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