Horizontal inequalities and ethnonationalist civil war: A global comparison

American Political Science Review

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-495

  Cederman, Lars Erik ^a   Weidmann, Nils B ^b   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82255167464     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055411000207     Document Type: Article

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