Brokers and Brokerage, Anthropology of

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 870-874

  Lindquist, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Development; Ethics; Exchange; Go betweens; Inequality; Intermediaries; Manipulation; Market; Mediation; Migration; Nongovernmental organizations; Patron client relationships; Politics; State; Tourism; Transactionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929389959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.12178-6     Document Type: Chapter

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