Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines

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Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs : A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines. / Jensen, Steffen; Warburg, Anna Bræmer.

In: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 1-2, 2020, p. 5–24.

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Jensen, S & Warburg, AB 2020, 'Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1-2, pp. 5–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000211

APA

Jensen, S., & Warburg, A. B. (2020). Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 51(1-2), 5–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000211

Vancouver

Jensen S, Warburg AB. Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs: A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 2020;51(1-2):5–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000211

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Jensen, Steffen ; Warburg, Anna Bræmer. / Ambiguous Fear in the War on Drugs : A reconfiguration of social and moral orders in the Philippines. In: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 2020 ; Vol. 51, No. 1-2. pp. 5–24.

Bibtex

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