Technologizing humanitarian space: Darfur advocacy and the rape-stove panacea

International Political Sociology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-163

  Abdelnour, Samer ^a   Saeed, Akbar M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84901491395     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ips.12049     Document Type: Article

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