Democracy under the gun understanding postconflict economic recovery

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-29

  Flores, Thomas Edward ^a   Nooruddin, Irfan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil Conflict; Conflict Recurrence; Democracy; Democratization; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249096437     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708326745     Document Type: Article

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