'Getting in, getting out': Militia membership and prospects for re-integration in post-war Liberia

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-55

  Bøås, Morten ^a   Hatløy, Anne ^a  

^a Fafo Research Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POST-WAR; SECURITY; URBAN SOCIETY; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; LIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38949097730     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X07003060     Document Type: Article

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