Getting armed groups to the table: Peace processes, the political economy of conflict and the mediated state

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1123-1138

  Wennmann, Achim ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE BUILDING;

EID: 70449480697     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590903037416     Document Type: Article

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