Terrorists, scholars and ordinary people: Confronting terrorism studies with field experiences

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-292

  Toros, Harmonie ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict transformation; Ethnography of violence; Fieldwork; Methodology; Mindanao; Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); Philippines; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898106231     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539150802184652     Document Type: Editorial

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