Taydas, Zeynep; Peksen, Dursun - In: Journal of Peace Research 49 (2012) 2, pp. 273-287
probability of civil conflict onset. We argue that welfare spending contributes to sustaining peace because the provision of … social services reduces grievances by offsetting the effects of poverty and inequality in society. Welfare spending serves as … spending, such as welfare spending, might have a strong pacifying effect on civil conflict, and therefore the state’s welfare …