Ethnic Polarization and the Duration of Civil Wars

Ethnic Polarization and the Duration of Civil Wars

The authors analyze the relationship between ethnic polarization and the duration of civil wars. Several recent papers have argued that the uncertainty about the relative power of the contenders in a war will tend to increase its duration. In these...

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Main Authors: Montalvo, Jose G., Reynal-Querol, Marta
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ARMED CONFLICT
ARMED CONFLICTS
ARMY
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICTS
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIASPORA
DISPUTES
DURATION OF CONFLICT
DURATION OF WARS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ETHNIC CONFLICT
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
ETHNIC DIVISIONS
ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION
ETHNIC FRAGMENTATION
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY
ETHNIC MAJORITY
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNIC POLARIZATION
GENOCIDE
HAZARD FUNCTION
HUMAN LIFE
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INTENSITY OF CONFLICT
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
MEASUREMENT OF POLARIZATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUMBER OF ETHNIC GROUPS
OPPORTUNITY COST
PEACE
PEACE RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POPULATION INCREASE
POST-CONFLICT
PROBABILITY OF WAR
PROGRESS
REBEL GROUP
REBEL VICTORY
REBELLION
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION
RISK FACTOR
RISK OF CONFLICT
RULE OF LAW
SOCIAL CONFLICTS
SOCIAL POLARIZATION
STATE CONFLICTS
VIOLENCE
WAR DURATION
WAR LITERATURE
WARFARE
WARTIME
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7523819/ethnic-polarization-duration-civil-wars
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7009

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7523819/ethnic-polarization-duration-civil-wars
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7009

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