Shared Space: Ethnic Groups, State Accommodation, and Localized Conflict

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1035-1054

  Cunningham, Kathleen Gallagher ^a   Weidmann, Nils B ^a  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL POWER; STATE ROLE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650047485     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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