‘Greed’ versus ‘Grievance’: A Useful Conceptual Distinction in the Study of Civil War?

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-284

  Hoeffler, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906513900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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