Dueling incentives: Sexual violence in Liberia and the politics of human rights advocacy

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-458

  Cohen, Dara Kay ^a   Hoover Green, Amelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human rights; information politics; transnational advocacy; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861745968     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343312436769     Document Type: Article

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