What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences

The authors argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil war; these episodes better fit their concept of regional war complexes. The paper seeks to hi...

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Main Authors:	Gersovitz, Mark, Kriger, Norma
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCORDS AIR FORCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ANARCHY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMIES ARMS ARMY BATTLE BATTLES BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY CITIZENSHIP CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLD WAR COMBAT COMBATANTS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESEARCH CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CRISES DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DISPLACED PERSONS DRUG EXPLOITATION FIGHTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREIGN INTERVENTION FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GENOCIDE GUERRILLA GUERRILLA FORCES GUERRILLAS INTERDEPENDENCE INTERNAL WAR INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL WAR INTERNATIONALIZATION INVASIONS MEDIATION MILITARY BASES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY POWER MUTINIES NATIONS NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS NEIGHBORING STATES OBSERVERS OUTBREAK PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE KEEPING PEACE KEEPING FORCES PEACE PROCESS PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPERS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION REBEL REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEES REGIONAL CONFLICT REGIONAL CONFLICTS REHABILITATION RELIEF REVOLUTIONS SOLDIERS SOVEREIGNTY TERRORISM VETERANS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS WARFARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17526706/civil-war-critical-review-definition-econometric-consequences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13202

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spelling	okr-10986-132022021-04-23T14:03:07Z What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences Gersovitz, Mark Kriger, Norma ACCORDS AIR FORCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ANARCHY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMIES ARMS ARMY BATTLE BATTLES BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY CITIZENSHIP CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLD WAR COMBAT COMBATANTS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESEARCH CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CRISES DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DISPLACED PERSONS DRUG EXPLOITATION FIGHTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREIGN INTERVENTION FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GENOCIDE GUERRILLA GUERRILLA FORCES GUERRILLAS INTERDEPENDENCE INTERNAL WAR INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL WAR INTERNATIONALIZATION INVASIONS MEDIATION MILITARY BASES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY POWER MUTINIES NATIONS NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS NEIGHBORING STATES OBSERVERS OUTBREAK PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE KEEPING PEACE KEEPING FORCES PEACE PROCESS PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPERS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION REBEL REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEES REGIONAL CONFLICT REGIONAL CONFLICTS REHABILITATION RELIEF REVOLUTIONS SOLDIERS SOVEREIGNTY TERRORISM VETERANS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS WARFARE The authors argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil war; these episodes better fit their concept of regional war complexes. The paper seeks to highlight the fundamental flaws in the conception of civil war in the econometric literature and their implications for econometric specification and estimation, problems that this literature is inherently incapable of rectifying. The authors advocate the comparative study of regional war complexes in Africa based on historical narratives. 2013-04-18T16:34:05Z 2013-04-18T16:34:05Z 2013-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17526706/civil-war-critical-review-definition-econometric-consequences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13202 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6397 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ACCORDS AIR FORCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ANARCHY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMIES ARMS ARMY BATTLE BATTLES BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY CITIZENSHIP CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLD WAR COMBAT COMBATANTS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESEARCH CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CRISES DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DISPLACED PERSONS DRUG EXPLOITATION FIGHTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREIGN INTERVENTION FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GENOCIDE GUERRILLA GUERRILLA FORCES GUERRILLAS INTERDEPENDENCE INTERNAL WAR INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL WAR INTERNATIONALIZATION INVASIONS MEDIATION MILITARY BASES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY POWER MUTINIES NATIONS NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS NEIGHBORING STATES OBSERVERS OUTBREAK PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE KEEPING PEACE KEEPING FORCES PEACE PROCESS PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPERS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION REBEL REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEES REGIONAL CONFLICT REGIONAL CONFLICTS REHABILITATION RELIEF REVOLUTIONS SOLDIERS SOVEREIGNTY TERRORISM VETERANS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS WARFARE
spellingShingle	ACCORDS AIR FORCE ALLIANCE ALLIANCES ANARCHY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMIES ARMS ARMY BATTLE BATTLES BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY CITIZENSHIP CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLD WAR COMBAT COMBATANTS CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESEARCH CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CRISES DEATHS DEFENCE DEFENSE DISPLACED PERSONS DRUG EXPLOITATION FIGHTING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREIGN INTERVENTION FOREIGN POLICY FOREIGNERS GENOCIDE GUERRILLA GUERRILLA FORCES GUERRILLAS INTERDEPENDENCE INTERNAL WAR INTERNAL WARS INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES INTERNATIONAL POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES INTERNATIONAL WAR INTERNATIONALIZATION INVASIONS MEDIATION MILITARY BASES MILITARY INTERVENTION MILITARY POWER MUTINIES NATIONS NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENTS NEIGHBORING STATES OBSERVERS OUTBREAK PEACE PEACE AGREEMENTS PEACE BUILDING PEACE KEEPING PEACE KEEPING FORCES PEACE PROCESS PEACE RESEARCH PEACEKEEPERS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION REBEL REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEE REFUGEES REGIONAL CONFLICT REGIONAL CONFLICTS REHABILITATION RELIEF REVOLUTIONS SOLDIERS SOVEREIGNTY TERRORISM VETERANS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICTS WARFARE Gersovitz, Mark Kriger, Norma What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
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description	The authors argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil war; these episodes better fit their concept of regional war complexes. The paper seeks to highlight the fundamental flaws in the conception of civil war in the econometric literature and their implications for econometric specification and estimation, problems that this literature is inherently incapable of rectifying. The authors advocate the comparative study of regional war complexes in Africa based on historical narratives.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Gersovitz, Mark Kriger, Norma
author_facet	Gersovitz, Mark Kriger, Norma
author_sort	Gersovitz, Mark
title	What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
title_short	What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
title_full	What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
title_fullStr	What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
title_full_unstemmed	What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
title_sort	what is a civil war? a critical review of its definition and (econometric) consequences
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17526706/civil-war-critical-review-definition-econometric-consequences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13202
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What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences

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