Lives Opposed: Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime

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Lives Opposed : Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime. / Vigh, Henrik Erdman.

I: Social Anthropology - Anthropologie Sociale, Bind 26, Nr. 4, 2018, s. 487-501.

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Vigh, HE 2018, 'Lives Opposed: Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime', Social Anthropology - Anthropologie Sociale, bind 26, nr. 4, s. 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12545

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Vigh, H. E. (2018). Lives Opposed: Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime. Social Anthropology - Anthropologie Sociale, 26(4), 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12545

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Vigh HE. Lives Opposed: Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime. Social Anthropology - Anthropologie Sociale. 2018;26(4):487-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.12545

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Vigh, Henrik Erdman. / Lives Opposed : Perceptivity and tacticality in conflict and crime. I: Social Anthropology - Anthropologie Sociale. 2018 ; Bind 26, Nr. 4. s. 487-501.

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