Humanitarian arms control and processes of securitization: Moving weapons along the security continuum

Contemporary Security Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-158

  Cooper, Neil ^a  

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EID: 79957793236     PISSN: 13523260     EISSN: 17438764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2011.556855     Document Type: Article

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