Peacekeeping: Organized hypocrisy?

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-34

  Lipson, Michael ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypocrisy; International organizations; Organization theory; Peacekeeping; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847303521     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066107074283     Document Type: Article

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