Roadblock ethnography: Negotiating humanitarian access in Ituri, eastern DR Congo, 1999-2004

Africa

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-179

  Pottier, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HUMANITARIAN AID; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL POLICY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745014176     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2006.76.2.151     Document Type: Article

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