Transnational Dimensions of Civil War Export

@article{citeulike:1597644, abstract = {Existing research has related civil war primarily to country-specific factors or processes that take place within individual states experiencing conflict. Many contemporary civil wars, however, display a transnational character, where actors, resources, and events span national boundaries. This article challenges the 'closed polity' approach to the study of civil war, where individual states are treated as independent entities, and posits that transnational factors and linkages between states can exert strong influences on the risk of violent civil conflict. Previous research has shown that conflicts in a state's regional context can increase the risk of conflict, but the research has not distinguished between different varieties of transnational linkages that may underlie geographic contagion, and it has failed to consider the potential influences of domestic attributes. The article develops and evaluates a series of hypotheses on how transnational factors can influence the risk of conflict and the prospects for maintaining peace in a conditional autologistic model, including country-specific factors often associated with civil wars. The results suggest that transnational linkages between states and regional factors strongly influence the risk of civil conflict. This, in turn, implies that the risk of civil war is not determined just by a country's internal or domestic characteristics, but differs fundamentally, depending on a country's linkages to other states. 10.1177/0022343307076637}, author = {Gleditsch, Kristian S.}, citeulike-article-id = {1597644}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343307076637}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jpr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/44/3/293}, comment = {He uses the autologistic model in his analysis. Results: More trans-boundary ethnic groups increase a country's risk of conflict. Countries in regions with more democracies are less likely to experience conflict. Countries with higher interregional trade are significantly less likely to experience conflict.}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0022343307076637}, journal = {Journal of Peace Research}, keywords = {democracy, ethnicity, gleditsch2002, trade, transnational-factors, war-onset}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {293--309}, posted-at = {2007-08-28 02:27:34}, priority = {0}, title = {Transnational Dimensions of Civil War}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343307076637}, volume = {44}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1597644 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1597644 N2 - Existing research has related civil war primarily to country-specific factors or processes that take place within individual states experiencing conflict. Many contemporary civil wars, however, display a transnational character, where actors, resources, and events span national boundaries. This article challenges the 'closed polity' approach to the study of civil war, where individual states are treated as independent entities, and posits that transnational factors and linkages between states can exert strong influences on the risk of violent civil conflict. Previous research has shown that conflicts in a state's regional context can increase the risk of conflict, but the research has not distinguished between different varieties of transnational linkages that may underlie geographic contagion, and it has failed to consider the potential influences of domestic attributes. The article develops and evaluates a series of hypotheses on how transnational factors can influence the risk of conflict and the prospects for maintaining peace in a conditional autologistic model, including country-specific factors often associated with civil wars. The results suggest that transnational linkages between states and regional factors strongly influence the risk of civil conflict. This, in turn, implies that the risk of civil war is not determined just by a country's internal or domestic characteristics, but differs fundamentally, depending on a country's linkages to other states. 10.1177/0022343307076637 IS - 3 JF - Journal of Peace Research EP - 309 TI - Transnational Dimensions of Civil War VL - 44 SP - 293 KW - democracy KW - ethnicity KW - gleditsch2002 KW - trade KW - transnational-factors KW - war-onset N1 - He uses the autologistic model in his analysis. Results: More trans-boundary ethnic groups increase a country's risk of conflict. Countries in regions with more democracies are less likely to experience conflict. Countries with higher interregional trade are significantly less likely to experience conflict. AU - Gleditsch, Kristian PY - 2007/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343307076637 ER -