Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott D. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0942-5756
(2013)
Nation-building and conflict in modern Africa.
World Development, 45.
pp. 108-118.
ISSN 0305-750X
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 B.V. |
| Divisions: | International Development Economics STICERD |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2012 12:21 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47145 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
