Policing Institutions and Post-Conflict Peace

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6284140
AutoresLeonardo R Arriola (0000-0002-4847-6150, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), Dawn Dow (0000-0001-6010-4766, Duke University, autor de correspondencia), Aila M Matanock (0000-0002-2472-2644, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA), Michaela Mattes (0000-0002-1566-7479, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA)
Año2021
Volumen65
Número10
Páginas1738-1763
Fecha de publicación2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00220027211013088
OpenAlexW3160349081
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas56

How do policing institutions affect the prospects for peace in post-conflict settings? We present a principal-agent theoretical framework to explain how the institutional design of policing affects the recurrence of civil conflict. We argue that the fragmentation of police forces can reignite conflict dynamics by impeding coordinated action, undermining information sharing, and enabling agents to pursue their own interests. We test these expectations with the Police Force Organization Dataset (PFOD) on police forces in over 100 developing states. Our empirical analyses show that increasing the number of distinct police forces is systematically associated with an increased risk of conflict recurrence in post-conflict states. We also find that a larger number of police forces is associated with more abuse against civilian populations in post-conflict states, setting the stage for new grievances that may undermine peace

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