Toward a psychosocial theory of military and economic violence in the era of globalization

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-62

  Pilisuk, Marc ^a,b   Zazzi, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; MILITARY INTERVENTION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL THEORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TIMOR-LESTE; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33646712991     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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