| ID | 098999 |
| Title Proper | Regime type and civil war - a re-evaluation of the inverted U-relationship |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Stockemer, Daniel |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Previous studies nearly unanimously agree that civil conflicts are more likely to occur in semi-democracies than in either autocracies or democracies. Through multinomial regression analysis, this article re-evaluates this claim by testing the relationship between regime type and civil conflict for the post-Cold War period. Controlling for the material wealth of a country, the heterogeneity of the population, income inequalities and the size of the state, this research finds that the occurrence of minor intrastate wars (25 to 1000 deaths) and major civil wars (more than 1000 deaths) does not differ between hybrid regimes and autocracies. Only democracies have a significantly lower probability of experiencing intrastate fighting and warfare. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Change Peace and Security Vol. 22, No. 3; Oct 2010: p.261 - 274 |
| Journal Source | Global Change Peace and Security Vol. 22, No. 3; Oct 2010: p.261 - 274 |
| Key Words | Civil Conflict ; Regime Types |