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Author Hughes, Barry, 1945-

Title Vulnerability to intrastate conflict [electronic resource] : evaluating quantitative measures / Barry B. Hughes, Jonathan D. Moyer, Timothy D. Sisk.

Imprint Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 3.P 31:19/NO.72    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (57 p.) : col. ill.
Series Peaceworks ; no. 72
Peaceworks ; no. 72.
Note Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 18, 2011).
"June 2011"--P. [1].
Summary As many as one-quarter to one-half of the countries in the world are, to varying extents, vulnerable to armed domestic conflict. This poses, as is widely recognized, an immediate and ongoing threat to international peace and security. Quantitative studies track the frequency of armed conflict, its intensity, patterns of termination, and consequences. The ultimate goal is to better understand -- and thus better anticipate or avoid -- such conflict. The authors of this report pursue the answer to a question not well addressed in the field: how do the principal quantitative measures of conflict vulnerability compare to one another?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-57).
Contents Introduction -- Conceptual orientations and approach -- Measuring vulnerability -- Conclusions.
Subject War -- Risk assessment -- Evaluation.
Added Author Moyer, Jonathan D.
Sisk, Timothy D., 1960-
United States Institute of Peace.
Gpo Item No. 1063-K-11 (online)
Sudoc No. Y 3.P 31:19/NO.72

 
    
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