The institutional origins of ethnic violence

Comparative Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Lieberman, Evan S ^a   Singh, Prerna ^a  

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EID: 84867027475     PISSN: 00104159     EISSN: 21516227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5129/001041512802822860     Document Type: Article

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