International relations, paleontology, and scientific progress: Parallels between democratic peace studies and the meteor impact extinction hypothesis

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-98

  Chernoff, Fred ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventionalism; Democratic peace; Paleontology; Strong inference

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; METEOR; PALEONTOLOGY; POLITICS;

EID: 38949208805     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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