Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott D. (2012) Nation-building and conflict in modern Africa. World development, 45 . pp. 108-118. ISSN 0305-750X (In Press)
Abstract
Nation-building has long been seen as an important focus of post-colonial African governments. However, up until now there has been no empirical analysis of the consequences of nation-building policies. Here we compile an original dataset measuring nine different types of nation-building policies. We first use logistic regressions to test the effect of nation-building policies on civil wars using two different datasets of civil wars, and find no evidence of a negative relationship between nation-building and civil war onset. Furthermore, a survival analysis exercise reveals a robust relationship between the proximity of nation-building policies and the onset of civil war.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/world-development... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Elsevier |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Africa, conflict, nation building, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > International Development Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/47145/ |
Actions (login required)
 |
Record administration - authorised staff only |
