Globalization, kitsch and conflict: Technologies of work, war and politics

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-36

  Pieterse, Jan Nederveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric war; Humanitarian intervention; Political economy of violence and security; Politics of containment; Politics of representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005207     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290110102549     Document Type: Article

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