Plunder, predation and profiteering: The political economy of armed conflicts and economic violence in modern Africa

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-313

  Orogun, Paul S ^a  

^a LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 1542749251     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915003322763593     Document Type: Article

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