The bullet in the living room: Linking security and development in a Colombo neighbourhood

Security Dialogue

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-120

  Orjuela, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil war; Colombo; Identity; Security development nexus; Sri Lanka; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049125236     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010609357039     Document Type: Article

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