Actor proliferation and the fragmentation of violent groups in conflict
This paper proposes a novel application of a measure of actor fragmentation drawn from electoral studies to the growing field of conflict event data. The application facilitates comparison of conflict environments over time and across cases, while enabling researchers to take account of the relative...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-09-01
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Series: | Research & Politics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168015607891 |