Assisting Uncertainty: How Humanitarian Aid can Inadvertently Prolong Civil War

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-195

  Narang, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; EXPENDITURE; HUMANITARIAN AID; PEACEKEEPING;

EID: 84924265792     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12151     Document Type: Article

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