Oil and democracy: More than a cross-country correlation?

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-431

  Aslaksen, Silje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Democracy; Oil; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954840248     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310368348     Document Type: Article

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