Harmonizing the humanitarian aid network: Adaptive change in a complex system

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1027-1050

  Seybolt, Taylor B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; AID POLICY; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EURASIA; RWANDA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 71649092732     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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