SOCI 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter readings : Contrive, Scientific Method, Power Politics

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Ethnicity, insurgency and civil war - fearon and laitin. What explains the recent prevalence of violent civil conflicts around the world? (data uses period fro(cid:373) (cid:1008)(cid:1009)(cid:859) to (cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:859) o(cid:374) the (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tries (cid:449)ith a pop of at least a half a (cid:373)illio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:1013)(cid:1004). Data will cast doubt on three theories pre and post wwii. Prevalence of civil wars in the 90s was not due to the ned of the cold war and associated changes in the international system. Not true that a greater degree of ethnic or religious diversity or indeed particular cultural demographic- by itself makes a country more prone to civil war. Little evidence that one can predict where a civil war will break out by looking for where ethnic or other broad political grievances are strongest. The main factor determining secular trends and cross-sectional variations are conditions that favour insurgency.

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