Ethnic polarization, ethnic salience, and civil war

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-49

  Bhavnani, Ravi ^a   Miodownik, Dan ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Civil war; Ethnicity; Polarization; Salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249122402     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002708325945     Document Type: Article

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