'This is how we survived': Civilian agency and humanitarian protection

Security Dialogue

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-247

  Baines, Erin ^a   Paddon, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil war; Civilian agency; Humanitarian; Protection; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862127005     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010612444150     Document Type: Article

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