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Ketil Fred Hansen
Review written by Ketil Fred Hansen
Private Security in Africa. From Global Assembly to Everyday
Forfatter: Paul Higate og Mats Utas (red.)
Forlag: Zed Books (UK)
The security agents in Africa contribute to the security of some, in certain areas and sometimes, but also mix roles.




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Ketil Fred Hansen
Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen is a professor of social sciences at UiS and a regular reviewer at Ny Tid.

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