THE CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND MANAGEMENT OF CIVIL WARS, 030:178

  • Syllabus
  • Research Paper

    • Assigned Readings

  • Collier, Paul and Hoeffler, Anke 2004. “Greed and Grievance in Civil War.” Oxford Economic Papers. 56: 563-595.

  • Fearon, James D. and David Laitin. 2003. “Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War.” American Political Science Review 97(1): 75-90.

  • Ross, Michael L. 2004. “How Do Natural Resources Influence Civil War? Evidence from Thirteen Cases.” International Organization 58: 35-67.

  • Oyefusi, Aderoju. 2008. “Oil and the Probability of Rebel Participation Among Youths in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.” Journal of Peace Research 45(4): 539-555.

  • Lujala, Paiva, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Elisabeth Gilmore. 2005. “A Diamond Curse? Civil War and a Lootable Resource.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49(4): 538-562.

  • Buhaug, Halvard and Scott Gates. 2002. “The Geography of Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research 39(4): 417-433.

  • Ellingsen, Tanja. 2000. “Colorful Community or Ethnic Witches’Brew? Multiethnicity and Domestic Conflict During and After the Cold War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 44(2): 228-249.

  • Hegre, Havard, Tanja Ellingsen, Scott Gates, and Nils Petter Gleditsch. 2001. “Towards a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816-1992.” American Political Science Review 95(1): 33-48.

  • Buhaug, Halvard. 2006. “Relative Capability and Rebel Objective in Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research 43(6): 691-708.

  • Salehyan, Idean and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. 2006. “Refugees and the Spread of Civil War.” International Organization 60: 335-366.

  • Thyne, Clayton L. 2007. “Cheap Signals with Costly Consequences: The Effect of Interstate Relations on Civil War, 1945-1999.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 50(6): 937-961.

  • Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede. 2007. “Transnational Dimensions of Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research 44(3): 293-309.

  • Mason, T. David and Patrick J. Fett. 1996. “How Civil Wars End: A Rational Choice Approach.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 40(4): 546-568.

  • Balch-Lindsay, Dylan and Andrew J. Enterline. 2000. “Killing Time: The World Politics of Civil War Duration, 1820-1992.” International Studies Quarterly 44(4): 615-642.

  • Collier, Paul, Anke Hoeffler, and Mans Soderbam. 2004. “On the Duration of Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research 41(3): 253-273.

  • Fearon, James D. 2004. “Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer than Others?” Journal of Peace Research 41(3): 275-301.

  • DeRouen, Karl R. Jr. and David Sobek. 2004. “The Dynamics of Civil War Duration and Outcome.” Journal of Peace Research 41(3): 303-320.

  • Walter, Barbara F. 2004. “Does Conflict Beget Conflict? Explaining Recurring Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research 41(3): 371-388.

  • Ghobarah, Hazem Adam, Paul Huth, and Bruce Russett. 2003. “Civil Wars Kill and Maim People—Long After the Shooting Stops.” American Political Science Review 97(2): 189-202.

  • Lai, Brian and Clayton L. Thyne. 2007. “The Effect of Civil War on Education, 1980-97.” Journal of Peace Research 44(3): 277-292.

  • Fjelde, Hanne. 2009. “Buying Peace? Oil Wealth, Corruption, and Civil War, 1985-99.” Journal of Peace Research 46(2): 199-218.


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