Modeling the Niger Delta Insurgency

Social Science Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-293

  Banks, Catherine M ^a   Sokolowski, John A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951937470     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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