Peacekeeping and the gender regime: dutch female peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 561-585

  Sion, Liora ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dutch; Exclusion; NATO; Peacekeeping; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149119267     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241607309988     Document Type: Article

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