Securitizing sex? Towards a theory of the utility of wartime sexual violence

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-221

  MacKenzie, Megan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Gender; Post conflict reconstruction; Securitization; Sexual violence; Sierra Leone; War rape

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952122407     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616741003665250     Document Type: Review

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