Force and bias: Towards a predictive model of effective third-party intervention

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 435-456

  Rowlands, Dane ^a   Carment, David ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biased intervention; Conflict intervention; Peacekeeping; Third party interveners

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748677459     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690600888213     Document Type: Article

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