Dude, where's my conflict?: LSG, relative strength, and the location of civil war

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-128

  Buhaug, Halvard ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil war; Geography; GIS; Rebel strength; State capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950239761     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0738894209343974     Document Type: Article

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