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Petróleo y diamantes como causas de la guerra civil en África subsahariana: ¿Bajo qué condiciones?
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dc.contributor.authorBasedau, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorWegenast, Tim C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-08T15:11:45Z
dc.date.available2017-11-08T15:11:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.issn0121-5612
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/54607
dc.description.abstractRecent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and violent conflict while stressing the importance of resource-specific context conditions under which internal conflicts become more likely. This paper engages in a systematic analysis of six of these resource-specific conditions comparing 15 African oil and diamond producing countries. Employing a Boolean logic, the results of our analysis indicate that, typically, a conflict-ridden diamond or oil producer is highly dependent on resources, its revenues are hardly spent on distributional policies and the security apparatus and, moreover, it suffers from intercommunal problems in the producing regions. Little income from resources per capita and substantial production of lootable resources in peripheral regions seem to constitute necessary conditions for civil war. Thus, our findings imply that future theoretical models and empirical strategies should integrate the full set of (resource specific) context conditions. Efforts to raise a more integrative approach combining quantitative and qualitative research designs seem particularly promising.en
dc.languageen
dc.subject.ddcPolitikwissenschaftde
dc.subject.ddcPolitical scienceen
dc.subject.otherRohstoffverarbeitung; Innerstaatlicher Konflikt; Ressourcenreiche Staaten; Ressourcenkonflikt; Diamanten; Innenpolitischer Konflikt
dc.titleOil and diamonds as causes of civil war in Sub-Saharan Africa: under what conditions?
dc.title.alternativePetróleo y diamantes como causas de la guerra civil en África subsahariana: ¿Bajo qué condiciones?
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dc.source.journalColombia Internacional
dc.publisher.countryMISC
dc.source.issue70
dc.subject.classozFriedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitikde
dc.subject.classozPeace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policyen
dc.subject.thesozAfrika südlich der Saharade
dc.subject.thesozAfrica South of the Saharaen
dc.subject.thesozErdölde
dc.subject.thesozcrude oilen
dc.subject.thesoznatürliche Ressourcende
dc.subject.thesoznatural resourcesen
dc.subject.thesozinnere Sicherheitde
dc.subject.thesozdomestic securityen
dc.subject.thesozKonfliktpotentialde
dc.subject.thesozconflict potentialen
dc.subject.thesozBürgerkriegde
dc.subject.thesozcivil waren
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