Mind the gap: Documenting and explaining violence against aid workers

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-389

  Fast, Larissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

aid worker fatalities; humanitarian action; humanitarian security; violence against aid workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956402496     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066109350048     Document Type: Article

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