The people's peace? Peace agreements, civil society, and participatory democracy

International Political Science Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Bell, Christine ^a   O'Rourke, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil society; Constitutional law; Democratic institutions; Peace agreements; Peace and conflict; Political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547356778     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512107077094     Document Type: Article

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