Containing conflict or instigating unrest? A test of the effects of state infrastructural power on civil violence

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 314-333

  Lange, Matthew ^a   Balian, Hrag ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Civil violence; Conflict; State infrastructural power

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL POWER; STATE ROLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; BOTSWANA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51749094608     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-008-9025-9     Document Type: Article

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