Beyond the 'Salvation' paradigm: Responsibility to protect (others) vsthe power of protecting oneself

Security Dialogue

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-595

  Mégret, Frédéric ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civil society; Human security; Intervention; Responsibility to protect; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949100172     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010609350632     Document Type: Article

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