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When state capacity dissolves: Explaining variation in violent conflict and conflict moderation

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When state capacity dissolves, we ordinarily assume that violent conflict will break out, and then spiral toward a high degree of intensity. However, this is not always the case. Rather, on occasion, states suffer a sharp and severe loss of capacity, but little or no collective violence follows. And, on other occasions, violent conflict erupts, but that conflict does not escalate into civil war; rather, it plateaus, and then recedes. This article offers an analytic framework fo...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Cross College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
Journal:
European Journal of International Security Journal website
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Pages:
153-178
Publication date:
2017-04-01
Acceptance date:
2017-01-11
EISSN:
2057-5645
ISSN:
2057-5637
Pubs id:
pubs:672337
UUID:
uuid:87cc0864-54e9-496d-9b39-bea3bb3d1b95
Local pid:
pubs:672337
Source identifiers:
672337
Deposit date:
2017-01-23

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