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Opening Pandora's box? Inclusive institutions and the onset of internal conflict in oil-rich countries
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Abstract The literature on institutional determinants of intra-state violence commonly asserts that the presence of multiple political parties reduces the conflict potential within countries. By co-opting oppositional groups into an institutionalized political arena, dissidents would prefer parliamentary mea... view more
The literature on institutional determinants of intra-state violence commonly asserts that the presence of multiple political parties reduces the conflict potential within countries. By co-opting oppositional groups into an institutionalized political arena, dissidents would prefer parliamentary means over violent rebellion in order to pursue their goals. The present article shows that this proposition does not necessarily hold true for resource-abundant states. In the presence of vast natural resources such as oil, countries exhibiting numerous non-competitive parties are actually more susceptible to internal conflict. Logit models that employ different estimation techniques and alternative operationalizations are shown to corroborate the proposed claim.... view less
Keywords
natural resources; crude oil; raw material deposits; conflict potential; violence; political system; multi-party system
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
institutions; intra-state conflict; political parties
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 392-410
Journal
International Political Science Review, 34 (2013) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512112467214
ISSN
0192-5121
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.