What makes some conflicts more severe than others? This paper examines this question first by discussing what "severity" actually means. Then, the paper argues that rebel groups are
stronger when they have access to lootable resources. When rebel groups are stronger, civil conflicts should tend to be bloodier. To examine this argument, this paper employs Ordinary
Least Squares (OLS) regression and discusses the results. The results here show strong support for the argument made in this paper. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Political Science in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science. / Fall Semester 2015. / July 17, 2015. / civil war, rebel capability, severity / Includes bibliographical references. / Sean Ehrlich, Professor Directing Thesis; Mark Souva, Committee Member; Dale Smith, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_291343 |
| Contributors | Taylor, Joshua James (authoraut), Ehrlich, Sean D. (professor directing thesis), Souva, Mark A. (committee member), Smith, Dale L. (Dale Lee) (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (degree granting college), Department of Political Science (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (46 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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