A closer look at oil, diamonds, and civil war

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2006, Pages 265-300

  Ross, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Natural resources; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745790318     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.081304.161338     Document Type: Article

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