'Our brothers who went to the bush': Post-identity conflict and the experience of reconciliation in Sierra Leone

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 717-729

  Millar, Gearoid ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict resolution; otherizing; peacebuilding; reconciliation; transitional justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866925731     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343312440114     Document Type: Article

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