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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"state weakness"”.
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Explaining Civil War Persistence in Afghanistan
… Put slightly differently, what is preventing the state/government from achieving outright victory, against the rebel organization/forces? A central theme in civil war research is that `weak states? are especially prone to (prolonged) civil war; state-weakness seems to be the variable around which …
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Weak states, human rights violations, and the outbreak of civil war.
… occurrence of civil war have mainly emphasized state weakness as providing an opportunity for greed-based rebellions. Yet, this explanation leaves many questions open, as it cannot distinguish between weak states that do and those that do not experience civil war. In this paper, I argue that …
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Policy reform in weak states : the challenge of subsidy cuts in Latin America
… they depend on a functioning bureaucratic state apparatus for implementation. This article widens the lens of inquiry, theorizing that the presence of a Weberian bureaucracy creates the institutional preconditions that allow leaders latitude in designing and implementing politically optimal …
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How Civil Wars End: The Influence of Rebel Groups
… wars differ greatly across countries, even among states with comparable risks to conflict, such as poverty, ethnic cleavages, political instability, and state weakness. Understanding why some civil conflicts terminate through peace agreements and military victories while others often fail to end …
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How Civil Wars End: The Influence of Rebel Groups
… wars differ greatly across countries, even among states with comparable risks to conflict, such as poverty, ethnic cleavages, political instability, and state weakness. Understanding why some civil conflicts terminate through peace agreements and military victories while others often fail to end …