ABC's, 123's, and the golden rule: The pacifying effect of education on civil war, 1980-1999

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 733-754

  Thyne, Clayton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; THEORY;

EID: 33750816557     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2006.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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