Inequality and conflict in federations

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-304

  Deiwiks, Christa ^a   Cederman, Lars Erik ^a   Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic inequality; federalism; geographical information systems; secessionist conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859587589     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343311431754     Document Type: Article

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