The Tragedy of Human Trafficking: Competing Theories and European Evidence

Foreign Policy Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-253

  Marinova, Nadejda K ^a   James, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863553002     PISSN: 17438586     EISSN: 17438594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-8594.2011.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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