Why do larger countries have more armed conflict? This paper surveys three sets of hypotheses forwarded in the conflict literature regarding the relationship between the size and location of population groups: Hypotheses based on pure population mass, on distances, on population concentrations, and...

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Hauptverfasser:	Raleigh, Clionadh (VerfasserIn), Hegre, Håvard 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C The World Bank 2007
Schlagworte:	Armed Conflict Armed conflict Civil War Conflict and Development Health, Nutrition and Population Internal conflicts National level Policy Research Policy Research Working Paper Population Policies Population Size Population groups Post Conflict Reconstruction Progress Small countries Social Conflict and Violence Social Development
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Zusammenfassung:	Why do larger countries have more armed conflict? This paper surveys three sets of hypotheses forwarded in the conflict literature regarding the relationship between the size and location of population groups: Hypotheses based on pure population mass, on distances, on population concentrations, and some residual state-level characteristics. The hypotheses are tested on a new dataset-ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset)-which disaggregates internal conflicts into individual events. The analysis covers 14 countries in Central Africa. The conflict event data are juxtaposed with geographically disaggregated data on populations, distance to capitals, borders, and road networks. The paper develops a statistical method to analyze this type of data. The analysis confirms several of the hypotheses
Beschreibung:	Weitere Ausgabe: Raleigh, Clionadh: Population Size, Concentration, And Civil War
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (36 Seiten)