Who brings which peace?: Neutral versus biased mediation and institutional peace arrangements in civil wars

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-469

  Svensson, Isak ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil wars; Justice; Mediation; Partiality; Peace agreements; Power sharing; Third party security guarantees

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549121247     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002709332207     Document Type: Article

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