Humanitarian Crises and the International Politics of Selectivity

Human Rights Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-348

  Binder, Martin ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humanitarian crises. human rights. selectivity; Humanitarian intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950777184     PISSN: 15248879     EISSN: 18746306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12142-009-0121-7     Document Type: Article

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