Democratization and Civil War
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Authors
Armey, Laura E.
McNab, Robert M.
Subjects
Civil War
Democracy
Conflict
Democratization
Outcomes of War
Democracy
Conflict
Democratization
Outcomes of War
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Date of Issue
2013-06-04
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School.
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Abstract
This paper examines the impact of civil war on democracy. Drawing from the
literature on war and democracy, we investigate the impact of prolonged violence,
war termination, rebel victory, and international intervention on democratization.
Using an unbalanced panel data set of 96 countries covering a 34-year period, our
analysis suggests that civil war lowers democratization in the succeeding period.
Our findings suggest that United Nations intervention increases democratization, as
do wars ending in stalemates. However, wars ending in rebel victories seem to
reduce democracy. These findings appear robust to conditioning, different
instrument sets, and the measurement of democracy.
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Working Paper
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Draft 6/4/2013
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Department
Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)
Organization
Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI)
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27 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.