Scarcity and abundance revisited: A literature review on natural resources and conflict

International Journal of Conflict and Violence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-172

  Mildner, Stormy Annika ^a   Lauster, Gitta ^a   Wodni, Wiebke ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS   (Germany)

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