Toward peace: Foreign arms and indigenous institutions in a Papua New Guinea Society

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6102, 2012, Pages 1651-1654

  Wiessner, Polly ^a   Pupu, Nitze ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Enga Take Anda   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PEACE PROCESS; STATE ROLE; WAR;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAR;

ENGA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84866752954     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1221685     Document Type: Article

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