'We' the subject: The power and failure of (in)security

Security Dialogue

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-205

  Stern, Maria ^a,b  

^a Swedish Institute of International Affairs   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Resistance; Security; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646679163     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010606066171     Document Type: Article

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