Should NGOs be viewed as “political corporations”?

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-133

  Blood, Robert ^a  

^a Robert Blood Associates   (Germany)

Author keywords

Britain; European Union; Organisation; Political parties; Politics; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993025074     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540510621353     Document Type: Review

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