Open AccessThe Onset of Civil War: Combining Various Scholarly Research Methods to Arrive at A Single, Unified Explanation of Why Civil Wars Occur
Author(s) -
Sugumaran Narayanan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-6693
DOI - 10.36224/ijes.120201
Subject(s) - spanish civil war , southeast asia , nexus (standard) , civil society , political science , development economics , geography , law , history , ancient history , politics , engineering , economics , embedded system
Historically, Southeast Asia has been among the most peaceful regions of the world. In the last sixty years, however, the populations of Southeast Asia have been torn apart by ravaging civil wars. What could be causing the high number of ethno-religious civil wars in Southeast Asia? To understand this, I use three different methods, two of which I have already employed in previous researches—quantitative (statistical) and traditionalcase studies. The third, using personal interviews with direct participants of conflict, is the focus of this study. This, combined with the results obtained from the other two methods, will highlight the causes of civil wars in Southeast Asia. While a number of studies have attempted to answer the race-religion-civil war nexus puzzle (none have used all three methods—quantitative, traditional case studies, and personal interviews), and nonehas specifically addressed Southeast Asian civil wars using all three methods.