Coding disaggregated intrastate conflict: Machine processing the behavior of substate actors over time and space

Political Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 464-477

  Shellman, Stephen M ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 62249102171     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpn008     Document Type: Article

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