Data and progress in peace and conflict research

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 301-314

  Gleditsch, Kristian S ^a   Metternich, Nils W ^b   Ruggeri, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict; data; Journal o. Peace Research; peace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897820466     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343313496803     Document Type: Article

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