Conditions for Peace and Conflict: Applying a Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Cases of Resource Scarcity

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 593-616

  Bretthauer, Judith M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

armed conflict; environmental change; fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (QCA); resource scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930469194     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002713516841     Document Type: Article

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