Introduction to Special Issue on “Disaggregating Civil Warâ€

Lars-Erik Cederman and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
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Lars-Erik Cederman: Center for Comparative and International Studies ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch: Department of Government University of Essex, United Kingdom Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO, Norway

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2009, vol. 53, issue 4, 487-495

Abstract: We introduce the contributions to this special issue on “Disaggregating Civil War.†We review the problems arising from excessive aggregation in studies of civil war, and outline how disaggregation promises to provide better insights into the causes and dynamics of civil wars, using the articles in this special issue as examples. We comment on the issue of the appropriate level of disaggregation, lessons learned from these articles, and issues for further research.

Keywords: civil war; disaggregation; geography; actors; research design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002709336454

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