Disentangling gender, peace and democratization: The negative effects of militarized masculinity

Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-154

  Bjarnegård, Elin ^a   Melander, Erik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Democratization; Gender; Militarized masculinities; Peace; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960517883     PISSN: 09589236     EISSN: 14653869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2011.565194     Document Type: Article

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