Fight the Youth: Youth Bulges and State Repression

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 926-940

  Nordås, Ragnhild ^a   Davenport, Christian ^b  

^a PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84885418972     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12025     Document Type: Article

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