Identifying opportunity for conflict: Politically active dyads

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-51

  Quackenbush, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case selection; Necessary conditions; Opportunity; Political relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644678398     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388940500503804     Document Type: Article

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