Pre-emptive or Arbitrary

Francisco Herreros and Henar Criado
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Francisco Herreros: Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
Henar Criado: Political Science Department University Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2009, vol. 53, issue 3, 419-445

Abstract: This article analyzes the determinants of the variation in the levels of lethal violence against civilians during a civil war. It departs from the usual explanations of this variation, advancing two different logics to account for civilians' victimization: strategic violence directed to avoid rebellions by targeting would-be political entrepreneurs and violence as a consequence of the breakdown of the state's authority. It uses a new data set on violence against civilians during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939.

Keywords: civil war; civilians killed; pre-emptive violence; collapse of the state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002709332208

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