Ad Hoc Humanity: UN Peacekeeping and the Limits of International Community in Gaza

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-429

  Feldman, Ilana ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaza; Humanitarianism; Humanity; Peacekeeping; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956162928     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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