Political irrelevance, democracy, and the limits of militarized conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-320

  Braumoeller, Bear F ^a   Carson, Austin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boolean statistics; democratic peace; interaction effects; militarized interstate disputes; multiple causal paths; political relevance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955112453     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002710393918     Document Type: Article

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