On ethnic conflict and the origins of transnational terrorism

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-87

  Basuchoudhary, Atin ^a   Shughart, William F ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold war jel; Economic rights; Ethnic tensions; Political rights; Transnational terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951655201     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690902868343     Document Type: Article

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