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The Hidden Hand Wrestles Rebellion: Theory and Evidence on How Economic Freedom Prevents Civil Violence
Author(s) -
Soysa Indra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.01119.x
Subject(s) - spanish civil war , politics , sociology , political science , international relations , terrorism , law
asanalyticalcategories for narrowing down the causes of armed conict (Collier 2000a; deSoysa 2002; Gartzke 2005; Hegre et al. 2001; Most and Starr 1989; Poe 2004).Social and individual grievances of various sorts, such as the lack of politicalrights,mayprovidemotivefororganisingviolenceagainstastate,butopportunitymustalsoexist,whateverthenatureandlevelofgrievance,whichisahardconcepttomeasureobjectively(Theuerkauf2010).Suchaperspectivehasalsobeensalientfor understanding revolution, where means and opportunity play a leading role(Tilly 1978). Recent research on violent conict has focused on the capture ofnatural resources as