The organized hypocrisy of ethical foreign policy: Human rights, democracy and Western arms sales

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Perkins, Richard ^a,b   Neumayer, Eric ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for the Study of Civil War   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arms; Democracy; Ethical; Foreign policy; Geopolitics; Human rights

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMICS; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; NATIONAL SECURITY;

FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449101076     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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