Extremism, suicide terror, and authoritarianism

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 169-195

  Wintrobe, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authoritarian regimes; Extremist groups; Extremist ideologies; Suicide terrorists; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748530698     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9059-3     Document Type: Article

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