State and stateless violence in Somalia

African Geographical Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-66

  Linke, Andrew ^a   Raleigh, Clionadh ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civil war; Political violence; Somalia; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960586299     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2011.10539135     Document Type: Article

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