Democracy and armed conflict

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-172

  Hegre, Håvard ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

democracy; development; internal conflict; interstate conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897760834     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343313512852     Document Type: Article

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