Military famine, human rights, and child hunger: A cross-national analysis, 1990-2000

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 823-847

  Jenkins, J Craig ^a   Scanlan, Stephen J ^b   Peterson, Lindsey ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Entitlement theory; Famine; Food security; Hunger

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048944419     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002707308215     Document Type: Article

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