The politics of the apolitical: Private military companies, humanitarians and the quest for (anti-)politics in post-intervention environments

Journal of International Relations and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-361

  Olsson, Christian ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILITARY GOVERNMENT; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL PROCESS; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 37449021196     PISSN: 14086980     EISSN: 15811980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800137     Document Type: Article

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