Rushing to the polls: The causes of premature postconflict elections

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-492

  Brancati, Dawn ^a   Snyder, Jack L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

and peacekeeping; civil war; elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957900880     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002711400863     Document Type: Article

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