No magic bullet: A critical perspective on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and weapons reduction in post-conflict contexts

Round Table

Volumn 94, Issue 379, 2005, Pages 239-252

  Muggah, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Demobilization and reintegration; Development; Disarmament; Weapons reduction

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PEACE PROCESS; VIOLENCE; WEAPONRY;

EID: 19844362501     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530500082684     Document Type: Article

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