Gender, militarism, and peace-building: Projects of the postconflict moment

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 261-274

  Moran, Mary H ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

humanitarian intervention; postconflict societies; violence; war

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GENDER ROLE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 77958031553     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164406     Document Type: Article

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