Natural Resources, Weak States and Civil War : Can Rents Stabilize Coup Prone Regimes?

This paper argues that state weakness is broader than implied previously in the civil war literature, and that particular types of weakness in interaction with natural resources have aggravating or mitigating consequences for the risk of civil war. While in anocracies or unstable regimes natural res...

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Main Author:	Bodea, Cristina
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMS BANKS BARGAINING BATTLE CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COLD WAR COLLECTIVE ACTION CONFLICT RESOLUTION COUNTERINSURGENCY COUPS D'ETAT DEATHS DEBT DEMOCRACY DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENTREPRENEURS ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLOITATION FIGHTING FOUNDATIONS INCOME INFORMATION EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SECURITY MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY FORCES MILITARY REGIMES MILITARY SPENDING NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PEACE PEACE RESEARCH POLARIZATION POLICE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICAL VIOLENCE POPULATION SIZE PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS QUANTITATIVE MEASURES REBEL REBEL ARMY REBELS RECONSTRUCTION RENTS REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONS RIOT RIOTS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOLDIERS STATE UNIVERSITY VIOLENT CONFLICT VULNERABILITY WAGES WAR LITERATURE WARS WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16271733/natural-resources-weak-states-civil-war-can-rents-stabilize-coup-prone-regimes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9350

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16271733/natural-resources-weak-states-civil-war-can-rents-stabilize-coup-prone-regimes
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9350

Natural Resources, Weak States and Civil War : Can Rents Stabilize Coup Prone Regimes?

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