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Electing Displacement: Political Cleansing in Apartadó, Colombia
Steele, Abbey - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 3, pp. 423-445
of the argument with original, microlevel quantitative and qualitative data from northwest Colombia. Using voter files …
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Outside-In: The Effects of External Threat on State Centralization
Gibler, Douglas M. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (2010) 4, pp. 519-542
Although centralization is thought to be a common response to external threats to the state, few theories develop the … mechanisms by which domestic centralization occurs. Fewer still consistently demonstrate that centralization is indeed a common … provides a unified model of domestic behavioral change (also known as rally effects) and institutional centralization (defined …
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The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression
Dukalskis, Alexander; Furstenberg, Saipira; Hellmeier, … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution (2023) OnlineFirst, pp. 1-29
The emerging literature dealing with transnational repression has identified several strategies used by authoritarian states to control and coerce their populations abroad. This article builds on existing research by investigating the domestic determinants of transnational repression. It argues...
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The Long Arm and the Iron Fist: Authoritarian Crackdowns and Transnational Repression
Dukalskis, Alexander; Furstenberg, Saipira; Hellmeier, … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 68 (2024) 6, pp. 1051-1079
The emerging literature dealing with transnational repression has identified several strategies used by authoritarian states to control and coerce their populations abroad. This article builds on existing research by investigating the domestic determinants of transnational repression. It argues...
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Extreme Bounds of Democracy
Gassebner, Martin; Lamla, Michael J.; Vreeland, James … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 57 (2013) 2, pp. 171-197
What determines the emergence and survival of democracy? The authors apply extreme bounds analysis to test the robustness of fifty-nine factors proposed in the literature, evaluating over three million regressions with data from 165 countries from 1976 to 2002. The most robust determinants of...
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Expecting Elections: Interventions, Ethnic Support, and the Duration of Civil Wars
Metternich, Nils W. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 6, pp. 909-937
International organizations (IOs) frequently link their military interventions with democratization efforts in the target state. However, existing research suggests that these attempts often fail. This article analyzes the conditions under which interventions by IOs shorten or prolong civil war...
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Civil War Diffusion and Regional Motivations for Intervention
Kathman, Jacob D. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 6, pp. 847-876
Third-party states consider the regional destabilization consequences of civil wars when deciding to intervene. However, previous work implicitly assumes that potential interveners base their intervention decisions solely on their links to the civil war country. This approach is unlikely to...
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Civil War, Reintegration, and Gender in Northern Uganda
Annan, Jeannie; Blattman, Christopher; Mazurana, Dyan; … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 6, pp. 877-908
What are the impacts of war on the participants, and do they vary by gender? Are ex-combatants damaged pariahs who threaten social stability, as some fear? Existing theory and evidence are both inconclusive and focused on males. New data and a tragic natural quasi-experiment in Uganda allow us...
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Rushing to the Polls: The Causes of Premature Postconflict Elections
Brancati, Dawn; Snyder, Jack L. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 3, pp. 469-492
In the post—cold war period, civil wars are increasingly likely to end with peace settlements brokered by international actors who press for early elections. However, elections held soon after wars end, when political institutions remain weak, are associated with an increased likelihood...
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Continuation of Politics by Two Means: Direct and Indirect Violence in Civil War
Balcells, Laia - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 3, pp. 397-422
This article distinguishes between ‘‘direct’’ and ‘‘indirect’’ violence during civil wars. These two types differ in their forms of production: while indirect violence is unilaterally perpetrated by an armed group, direct violence is jointly...
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