Democratization and civil war: Empirical evidence

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-394

  Cederman, Lars Erik ^a   Hug, Simon ^b   Krebs, Lutz F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil wars; Democratic peace; Democratization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954835215     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310368336     Document Type: Article

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