The army of 'unemployed' young people

Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-338

  Munive, Jairo ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disarmament and reintegration; Employment; Excombatants; Fragile states; Liberia; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954706285     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330881001800305     Document Type: Article

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