Ethnicity and conflict: Theory and facts

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6083, 2012, Pages 858-865

  Esteban, Joan ^a   Mayoral, Laura ^a   Ray, Debraj ^a,b  

^a BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL POWER; RELIGION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VIOLENCE;

CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POLARIZATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84861218707     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1222240     Document Type: Review

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