Insurgency and Credible Commitment in Autocracies and Democracies

This paper suggests a new factor that makes civil war more likely: the inability of political actors to make credible promises to broad segments of society. Lacking this ability, both elected and unelected governments pursue public policies that le...

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Main Author:	Keefer, Philip
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIERS TO ENTRY CANDIDATES CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS COMMUNISM COMPETITION COMPETITIVENESS CONFLICT COUNTRIES CONFLICT COUNTRIES CONFLICTS DECISION MAKING DEGREES OF FREEDOM DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY SCORE DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DETERMINANT OF INCOME PER CAPITA DISLOYALTY ELECTIONS ELECTORATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION ETHNIC FRAGMENTATION ETHNIC GROUPS EXPECTED VALUE EXPORTS FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY TIES GDP GOVERNMENT CAPACITY HIGH RISK INCOME INCOME PER CAPITA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MILITARY SPENDING NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPPONENTS PARLIAMENT PATRONAGE POLICY MAKING POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL DECISION POLITICAL DECISION MAKING POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICAL VARIABLES POLITICIANS POPULAR SUPPORT POPULATION POPULATION SIZE POST-CONFLICT PRINT MEDIA PROGRESS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF EDUCATION REBEL MOVEMENTS REBELLION RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES RISK OF CONFLICT RULE OF LAW SECONDARY SCHOOL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL POLARIZATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOVEREIGNTY VOTERS WARS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7499620/insurgency-credible-commitment-autocracies-democracies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7012

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7012

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