Petro-insurgency or criminal syndicate? Conflict & violence in the Niger Delta

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 114, 2007, Pages 637-660

  Watts, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; COMMODITY PRICE; OIL FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SUPPLY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TREND ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38049033507     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056240701819517     Document Type: Article

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