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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Main Authors: Gersovitz, Mark, Kriger, Norma
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21428

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