Taking matters into their own hands: An analysis of the determinants of state-conducted peacekeeping in civil wars

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-184

  Rost, Nicolas ^a,b   Greig, J Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Somalia (OCHA)   (Somalia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

civil war; conflict management; conflict resolution; peacekeeping; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953281298     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310396110     Document Type: Article

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