Law and order in an emerging democracy: Lessons from the reconstruction of Kosovo's police and justice systems

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 605, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-177

  Wilson, Jeremy M ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Internal security; Justice; Kosovo; Nation building; Police; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646521965     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206286783     Document Type: Article

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