Three two tango: Territorial control and selective violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-158

  Bhavnani, Ravi ^a   Miodownik, Dan ^b   Choi, Hyun Jin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

agent based model; control; Gaza; Israel; violence; West Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551548093     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002710383663     Document Type: Article

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