'Power' in 'Empowerment': A Case Study of Constructing a Text against the Mainstream

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 811-825

  Eyben, Rosalind ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid; Development; Empowerment; Ideas; Policy; Practices

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; EMPOWERMENT; OECD; POWER RELATIONS;

EID: 84944739069     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2014.66     Document Type: Article

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