Cluster-Based Early Warning Indicators for Political Change in the Contemporary Levant

American Political Science Review

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 803-817

  Schrodt, Philip A ^a   Gerner, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0034551311     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2586209     Document Type: Article

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