Tragedy, ‘Tragic Choices’ and Contemporary International Political Theory

International Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Brown, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global justice; intervention; tragedy; tragic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549100158     PISSN: 00471178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047117807073764     Document Type: Article

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