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4 - A Kaleidoscopic Institutional Form: Expertise and Transformation in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2017

Ronald Niezen
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Maria Sapignoli
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
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Palaces of Hope
The Anthropology of Global Organizations
, pp. 78 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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