From ethnic outbidding to ethnic conflict: The institutional bases for Sri Lanka's separatist war

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-159

  Devotta, Neil ^a  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC MINORITY; SEPARATISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

EID: 13444274521     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1354-5078.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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