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Horizontal Inequalities, Political Environment, and Civil Conflict : Evidence from 55 Developing Countries, 1986-2003

Several studies of civil war have concluded that economic inequality between individuals does not increase the risk of internal armed conflict. This is perhaps not so surprising. Even though an individual may feel frustrated if he is poor compared...

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Main Author: Østby, Gudrun
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ARMED CONFLICT
ASSET INEQUALITY
AUTHORITY
CENSUSES
CENTRAL AMERICA
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL CONFLICTS
CIVIL PEACE
CIVIL STRIFE
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICT RISK
CONFLICT SOCIETIES
CONFLICTS
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENTS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST OF REBELLION
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
EFFECTS OF POPULATION
ELECTION
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
ETHNIC DIVISIONS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
GENOCIDE
GROUP GRIEVANCES
GROUP LEADERS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HUMAN SECURITY
IDEAS
INCOME
INTERNAL CONFLICT
INTERNATIONAL PEACE
LATIN AMERICAN
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MINORITY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRITION
OPPORTUNITY COST
PEACE
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL CHANGE
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
POLITICAL PARTIES
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POOR
POPULATION SIZE
POST CONFLICT
POST-CONFLICT
PROGRESS
RADIO
REBELLION
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
RESPECT
RISK OF CONFLICT
RISKS OF CONFLICT
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIETY
SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES
TELEVISION
VIOLENT CONFLICT
WARS
WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7523837/horizontal-inequalities-political-environment-civil-conflict-evidence-55-developing-countries-1986-2003
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6999

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