A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. It is provided a theory of the persistence of civil wars. The civilian government can successfully defeat rebellious factions only by creating a relatively strong army. In weakly institutionalized polities this opens the way for excessive influence or coups by the military. Civilian governments whose rents are largely unaffected by civil wars then choose small and weak armies that are incapable of ending insurrections. The framework also shows that when civilian governments need to take more decisive action against rebels, they may be forced to build oversized armies, beyond the size necessary for fighting the insurrection, as a commitment to not reforming the military in the future.


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    Titel :

    Persistence of civil wars


    Beteiligte:
    Acemoglu, Daron (Autor:in) / Vindigni, Andrea (Autor:in) / Ticchi, Davide (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2010


    Format / Umfang :

    13 Seiten, 15 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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