PSCI252 Lecture 8: Violence & Development

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State against non-state actors in foreign countries (e. g. us military. Isis, rebel groups, etc. in syria) ry vs. Can be due to historic colonial divide; religious, cultural, ethni differences; economic/industrial changes; political leadership/ deadlock; natural resources; land disputes, etc. nic. Fall of the soviet union in the 1990s resulted in more intra-state w r. States tend to experience intra-state violence over inter-state war. High rates of inter-state war in the 1980s. Drug gangs (high in latin america), mobs, terrorist groups, etc. Time and resources spent on war rather than production and development. High rates of violence is correlated to low gdp and lack of growth. Utility services, infrastructure, court system, protection, law enforcement, education, etc. Fundforpeace. org keeps tracks of the frailty of states. Demographic pressures, refugees/human flight, uneven economic e of development, state legitimacy, public services, human rights, rule of law, provision of security, foreign intervention, fractionalized elites es, etc. The impact of conflict does not last long.

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