Portrait of a failed rebellion: An account of rational, sub-optimal violence in western Uganda

Rationality and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-34

  Hovil, Lucy ^a   Werker, Eric ^b  

^a Harvard University ^*  (Uganda)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti civilian violence; Civil war; Insurgency; Uganda; War financing

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544268974     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463105051775     Document Type: Article

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