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Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Intrastate Conflict?
In: Peace by Design, S. 29-62
Winning Alone: The Electoral Fate of Independent Candidates Worldwide
In: 2008. Winning Alone: The Electoral Fate of Independent Candidates Worldwide. Journal of Politics 70 (3): 648-662.
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The Origins and Strength of Regional Parties
In: Origins and Strengths of Regional Parties, British Journal of Political Science, 38 (1): 135-159.
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The Origins and Strengths of Regional Parties
In: British journal of political science, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 135-159
ISSN: 1469-2112
Traditional explanations of the origins of regional parties as the products of regionally-based social cleavages cannot fully account for the variation in regional party strength both within and across countries. This unexplained variance can be explained, however, by looking at institutions, and in particular, political decentralization. This argument is tested with a statistical analysis of thirty-seven democracies around the world from 1945 to 2002. The analysis shows that political decentralization increases the strength of regional parties in national legislatures, independent of the strength of regional cleavages, as well as of various features of a country's political system, such as fiscal decentralization, presidentialism, electoral proportionality, cross-regional voting laws and the sequencing of executive and legislative elections.
Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 51, Heft 5, S. 715-743
ISSN: 0022-0027, 0731-4086
Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 51, Heft 5, S. 715-743
ISSN: 1552-8766
Although many scholars, policy makers, and relief organizations suggest that natural disasters bring groups together and dampen conflicts, earthquakes can actually stimulate intrastate conflict by producing scarcities in basic resources, particularly in developing countries where the competition for scarce resources is most intense. Capitalizing on a natural experiment design, this study examines the impact of earthquakes on intrastate conflict through a statistical analysis of 185 countries over the period from 1975 to 2002. The analysis indicates that earthquakes not only increase the likelihood of conflict, but that their effects are greater for higher magnitude earthquakes striking more densely populated areas of countries with lower gross domestic products as well as preexisting conflicts. These results suggest that disaster recovery efforts must pay greater attention to the conflict-producing potential of earthquakes and undertake certain measures, including strengthening security procedures, to prevent this outcome from occurring.
Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict
In: 2007. Political Aftershocks: The Impact of Earthquakes on Intrastate Conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution 51 (5): 715-743.
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Decentralization: Fueling the Fire or Dampening the Flames of Ethnic Conflict and Secessionism?
In: International organization, Band 60, Heft 3
ISSN: 1531-5088
Decentralization: fueling the fire or dampening the flames of ethnic conflict and secessionism?
In: International organization, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 651-685
ISSN: 0020-8183
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Can federalism stabilize Iraq?
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 5-21
ISSN: 1530-9177
Can federalism stabilize Iraq?
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 7-21
ISSN: 0163-660X, 0147-1465
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What We (Do Not) Know about the Diffusion of Democracy Protests
In: The journal of conflict resolution: journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 63, Heft 10, S. 2438-2449
ISSN: 1552-8766