POL-UA 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Opportunity Cost, Extortion
2 Feb 2017
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Ci(cid:448)il (cid:449)ar is ar(cid:373)ed (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)at (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the (cid:271)ou(cid:374)daries of a re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ized so(cid:448)ereig(cid:374) (cid:374)atio(cid:374) . Huge variety of identities (ethnic religious, clan, organizational) Variety of goals (ideological/revolutionary, ethnic/secessionist, other factional, territory) Dynamics change over time (onset, duration, resolution: inter-state war-when two different governments fight against each other. Non state conflict- two groups within a country fight against each other: intensity-low versus high. Minor conflict-at least 25 deaths but less than 1000. Greed-economic theory: rebellion as industry that profits from looting, and greed largely opportunistic and based on strategic advantage: availability of finances. Can come from diasporas, primary export dependent countries have opportunity for extortion: low opportunity cost. Low wages little lost by joining movement: military advantage.
