Exploring the construction of threats: The securitization of HIV/AIDS in Russia

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-29

  Sjöstedt, Roxanna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Identity; Internalization; Norms; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349177210     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010607086821     Document Type: Article

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