Civil war and natural resources: a quantitative approach
dc.contributor.author | Falcao de Jesus, Manuel Jose Romao Xavier | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-12T21:06:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-12T21:06:43Z | |
dc.date.graduationmonth | May | en |
dc.date.issued | 2009-01-12T21:06:43Z | |
dc.date.published | 2009 | en |
dc.description.abstract | This study is an effort to shed some light on the causes of civil war. The literature on civil war onset has been framed under three main perspectives: cultural, political and economic approaches. Recent studies, however, tend to narrow the debate and posit explanations for civil war as either greed-motivated or grievance-motivated. This study replicates one of the most prominent econometric models on civil war, the Collier and Hoeffler model (CH), and further validated their economic interpretation of civil war as greed-motivated. Their argument is that greed-led behavior is motivated by an abundance of valuable resources. However, Collier and Hoeffler overlooked one critical element: scarce resources also contribute to discontent and violent protests. This study suggests that the CH model should include resource scarcity to avoid omitting variable bias. | en |
dc.description.advisor | Emizet F. Kisangani | en |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts | en |
dc.description.department | Department of Political Science | en |
dc.description.level | Masters | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1140 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University | en |
dc.subject | civil war | en |
dc.subject | natural resources | en |
dc.subject | collier-hoeffler model | en |
dc.subject | resource abundance | en |
dc.subject | resource scarcity | en |
dc.subject.umi | Political Science, General (0615) | en |
dc.title | Civil war and natural resources: a quantitative approach | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |