Resources, violence and the telluric geographies of small wars

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 733-756

  Korf, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

insurgency; opportunity; resource curse; small wars; violence

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOPOLITICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 82155186829     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132510394120     Document Type: Article

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