Islam's bloody innards? Religion and political terror, 1980-2000

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 927-943

  de Soysa, Indra ^a   Nordås, Ragnhild ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; ISLAMISM; POLITICAL REPRESSION; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; RELIGION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 36749031652     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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