Individual and community empowerment for human security

A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 279-293

  Moser, Susanne C ^a,b  

^a Susanne Moser Research   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84917465995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109885     Document Type: Chapter

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