Humanitarian relief and civil conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 548-565

  Blouin, Max ^a   Pallage, Stephane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civil war; Famine; Food aid; Humanitarian aid; Warlords

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249110267     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708316742     Document Type: Article

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