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III, Joseph Paul Vasquez - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 6, pp. 849-873

democracy will experience in conflict, one variable that should not be ignored is its military manpower system. The author … power and access with which to constrain policy makers. Using several selection models, the author finds that democracy and … conscription contribute to fewer casualties than democracy and volunteer militaries, with democracy alone being responsible for …

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Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents?

Li, Quan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 2, pp. 278-297

This article studies the various mechanisms by which democracy affects transnational terrorism. New theoretical … mechanisms are identified that either complement or encompass existing arguments. Different effects of democracy on transnational …

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Democratic Dominoes Revisited

Starr, Harvey; Lindborg, Christina - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 47 (2003) 4, pp. 490-519

The impact of diffusion effects on the growth and spread of democracy in the global system is investigated. Using …

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Alliances, Then Democracy

Gibler, Douglas M.; Wolford, Scott - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2006) 1, pp. 129-153

Previous studies have not established a consistent link between regime type and alliance formation, despite the relevance of the decision to ally in a number of arguments about regime type and alliance behavior. The inconsistency in these findings turns largely on choice of research design and...

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Perfect Storms?

Enterline, Andrew J.; Greig, J. Michael - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 52 (2008) 6, pp. 880-915

What explains variation in domestic political instability in polities imposed by foreign powers? We formulate a framework grounded in four sources of political instability in imposed polities: (1) the initial conditions under which a polity is imposed, (2) policy choices made by the imposer, (3)...

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Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism

Savun, Burcu; Phillips, Brian J. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 (2009) 6, pp. 878-904

This article takes a closer look at the relationship between democracy and transnational terrorism. It investigates …

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Do International Human Rights Treaties Improve Respect for Human Rights?

Neumayer, Eric - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 6, pp. 925-953

After the nonbinding Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many global and regional human rights treaties have been concluded. Critics argue that these are unlikely to have made any actual difference in reality. Others contend that international regimes can improve respect for human rights in...

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Democracy under the Gun Understanding Postconflict Economic Recovery

Flores, Thomas Edward; Nooruddin, Irfan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 53 (2009) 1, pp. 3-29

Increasingly, scholars studying civil conflicts believe that the pace of postconflict economic recovery is crucial to a return to peaceful politics. But why do some countries' economies recover more quickly than others'? The authors argue that the inability of politicians to commit credibly to...

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The Devil You Know but Are Afraid to Face

Drakos, Konstantinos; Gofas, Andreas - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2006) 5, pp. 714-735

Despite substantial progress in the applied study of terrorism, one important methodological issue has remained underdeveloped. Multiple warnings have urged for caution as the validity of extant findings may have been distorted from the well-known â€œdevilâ€ of underreporting bias. Yet,...

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Does Democracy Matter?

Wade, Sara Jackson; Reiter, Dan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 51 (2007) 2, pp. 329-348

This article conducts quantitative tests on the relationship between regime type and suicide terrorism for 1980 to 2003. We present the recently popularized argument that democracies are more likely to experience suicide terrorism and a new hypothesis that mixed regimes are especially likely to...

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