Of rulers, rebels, and revenue: State capacity, civil war onset, and primary commodities

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-332

  Thies, Cameron G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war onset; Natural resources; Predation; Primary commodities; Resource curse; State capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952531309     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310361841     Document Type: Article

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