Grievances, economic wealth, and civil conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5114048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vally Koubi (0000-0002-4842-051X, ETH Zurich & University of Bern), Tobias Böhmelt (0000-0002-7661-8670, University of Essex & ETH Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-33 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343313500501 |
| OpenAlex | W2136660000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 67 |
One of the most robust findings in the literature on civil conflicts is that high income levels are associated with a lower risk of conflict onset. This article addresses the wealth-conflict link and discusses it in relation to the dominating `greed vs. grievance' dichotomy. It is further argued that the effect on conflict of grievances, in the form of horizontal inequalities, is conditioned on national wealth. More specifically, there may be a higher risk of civil war in those countries that have much wealth, but where a large share of the population is potentially excluded from accessing it. The empirical analyses testing this argument employ time-series cross-section data for 1951-2004 and find support for the theory. The authors also show that taking this conditional relationship into account improves our ability to predict the onset of civil conflict
Argument (complex analysis) · Civil Conflict · Conflict resolution · Conflict theories · Economic inequality · Economics · Grievance · Inequality · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Population · Positive economics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |