The 'jeep-gangsters' from iceland: Local development assistance in a global perspective

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-39

  Loftsdóttir, Kristín ^a   Björnsdóttir, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anthropology of development; Gender; International development t; Masculinities t; Participation; Peacekeeping; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950579825     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X09345423     Document Type: Article

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