explanations and advocacy. Rigorous empirical study of civil war requires a precise definition of an imprecise and poorly observed … ethnic differences are conventionally regarded as the causes of civil war. Economic theory explains civil war in the … distinctive feature of civil war: the emergence and persistence of a rebel army: some conditions make rebellion both more …

a central puzzle: why do civil wars occur at all when, given the high costs of war, groups have every incentive to reach … literature has aimed to identify the causes of civil war. While most work is plagued by econometric identification problems, low … linked to civil war. We argue that micro-level analysis and data are needed to truly decipher war’s causes, and understand …

a central puzzle: why do civil wars occur at all when, given the high costs of war, groups have every incentive to reach … literature has aimed to identify the causes of civil war. While most work is plagued by econometric identification problems, low … linked to civil war. We argue that micro-level analysis and data are needed to truly decipher war’s causes, and understand …

mediating pathways for the average male randomly picked from the population. Contrary to the arguments that war fosters … foster cooperative behaviors but promotes parochialism. Further analyses show war-driven grievances, the normalization of …

In conflict zones around the world, both state and non-state actors deliver governance at local levels. This paper … makes Angolan war veterans more likely to participate in local collective action twelve years after the end of the war. This …

civil war between the Northern and Southern forces lasted for five decades with an intermission during the seventies. It … impediments that shall they face, e.g., return to war, underdeveloped region, lack of education, health and living facilities. In …

Negotiated settlements after civil war are notoriously unstable and often go unimplemented. This is often due to …