Contested inclusions: Pitfalls of NGO peace-building activities in Liberia;Umstrittene Inklusion: Fallstricke bei peace-building -Aktivitäten von NRO in Liberia

Africa Spectrum

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-33

  Fuest, Veronika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development policy strategies; Liberia; Local politics; Non governmental organizations; Parties to conflicts conflict participants; Peace building; Secret societies; Social participation; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650933736     PISSN: 00020397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000203971004500201     Document Type: Article

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