Domestic terrorism: The hidden side of political violence

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 31-49

  Sánchez Cuenca, Ignacio ^a   de la Calle, Luis ^b  

^a Juan March Institute   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Civil war; Definition of terrorism; Negotiations with terrorists; State repression; Target selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049106812     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.031607.094133     Document Type: Article

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