A political economy of human rights: Oil, natural gas, and state incentives to repress1

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-120

  DeMeritt, Jacqueline H R ^a   Young, Joseph K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; natural resources; resource curse; state repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873471433     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0738894212473915     Document Type: Article

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