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The paradox of plenty
Harper Leech,Virgil Jordan +1 more
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Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
James D. Fearon,David D. Laitin +1 more
TL;DR: This article showed that the current prevalence of internal war is mainly the result of a steady accumulation of protracted conflicts since the 1950s and 1960s rather than a sudden change associated with a new, post-Cold War international system.
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Political foundations of the resource curse
TL;DR: The authors argue that politicians tend to over-extract natural resources relative to the efficient extraction path because they discount the future too much, and resource booms improve the efficiency of the extraction path.
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The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism
TL;DR: The authors reconstructs the concept of critical junctures, delimits its range of application, and provides methodological guidance for its use in historical institutional analyses, and addresses specific issues relevant to both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of critical junction points.
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Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War
TL;DR: This paper argued that oil predicts civil war risk not because it provides an easy source of rebel start-up finance but probably because oil producers have relatively low state capabilities given their level of per capita income and because oil makes state or regional control a tempting "prize."
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An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: This article reviewed the evidence regarding the potentially negative effects of aid dependence on state institutions, and concluded that states which can raise a substantial proportion of their revenues from the international community are less accountable to their citizens and under less pressure to maintain popular legitimacy.
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Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
James D. Fearon,David D. Laitin +1 more
TL;DR: This article showed that the current prevalence of internal war is mainly the result of a steady accumulation of protracted conflicts since the 1950s and 1960s rather than a sudden change associated with a new, post-Cold War international system.
Journal ArticleDOI
Political foundations of the resource curse
TL;DR: The authors argue that politicians tend to over-extract natural resources relative to the efficient extraction path because they discount the future too much, and resource booms improve the efficiency of the extraction path.
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The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism
TL;DR: The authors reconstructs the concept of critical junctures, delimits its range of application, and provides methodological guidance for its use in historical institutional analyses, and addresses specific issues relevant to both cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of critical junction points.
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Primary Commodity Exports and Civil War
TL;DR: This paper argued that oil predicts civil war risk not because it provides an easy source of rebel start-up finance but probably because oil producers have relatively low state capabilities given their level of per capita income and because oil makes state or regional control a tempting "prize."
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An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: This article reviewed the evidence regarding the potentially negative effects of aid dependence on state institutions, and concluded that states which can raise a substantial proportion of their revenues from the international community are less accountable to their citizens and under less pressure to maintain popular legitimacy.