What Is a Civil War? A Critical Review of Its Definition and (Econometric) Consequences
We argue that the academic literature, both qualitative and quantitative, has mislabeled most episodes of large-scale violence in Africa as civil wars; these episodes better fit our concept of regional war complexes. Our paper seeks to highlight the fundamental flaws in the conception of civil war i...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21428 |