The Role of Violent State Formation in Internal and International Conflict
Year: 2010
Type: preprint
Abstract: The manner in which a country gains independence has been shown to affect conflict propensity. Maoz (1989, 1996) provides evidence that revolutionary state formation is associated with militarized interstate violence. This paper builds upon previous studies on state formation in two ways. First, it attempts to replicate findings on state formation affecting interstate disputes. Second, it argues that violent state formation can also affect foreign interventions and civil war onsets. Neither of these two topics had received much attention theoretically or empirically despite the fact that there is considerable anecdotal evidence that many of the countries that were formed violently have experienced more than their fair share of civil wars and interventions. Considerable amount of empirical support is found for the argument that state formation affects violence in all but one situation.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Reşat Bayer
Institution: Koç University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2306340883