Knowledge and Power of the Civil Society: an empirical study of Brazilian professionals working in the NGOs
This study critically analyses the way Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operate in Brazil and their contribution to the development of the Brazilian civil society. The notion of "power fields" and "habitus", proposed by Bourdieu (1989; 1996), provides the theoretical backdr...
Main Authors: | Júnia Fátima do Carmo Guerra, Armindo dos Santos de Sousa Teodosio, Walter Mswaka |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UTS ePRESS
2016-03-01
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Series: | Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal |
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Online Access: | https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/4259 |
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