Changing lanes or stuck in the middle: Why are anocracies more prone to civil wars?

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-759

  Regan, Patrick M ^a   Bell, Sam R ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict processes; international politics; international security

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649890250     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909336274     Document Type: Article

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