Contagion or confusion? Why conflicts cluster in space

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-233

  Buhaug, Halvard ^a   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; POLITICAL CONFLICT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 44649189164     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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