When Civil Wars Recur: Conditions for Durable Peace after Civil Wars

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-189

  David Mason, T ^a   Gurses, Mehmet ^b   Brandt, Patrick T ^c   Michael Quinn, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil war; Peace duration; Peace failure; Peacekeeping

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; MODELING; PEACE PROCESS; PEACEKEEPING; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-WAR; SOVEREIGNTY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79955759768     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2011.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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