Democracy and Islam: implications for civilizational conflict and the democratic peace

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-511

  Midlarsky, Manus I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEMOCRACY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; ISLAMISM; WAR;

EID: 0031737270     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0020-8833.00093     Document Type: Article

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