Persistence of civil wars

Persistence of civil wars

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A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively strong army. In weakly-institutionalized polities this opens...

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Main Authors: Acemoglu, Daron, Ticchi, Davide, Vindigni, Andrea
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MIT Press 2010
Subjects:
civil wars
commitment
coups
military
political transitions
political economy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58990
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58990
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-7491

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