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Greed, Grievance, and Mobilization in Civil Wars

Patrick M. Regan

Daniel Norton

Department of Political Science, Binghamton University

Greed, grievances, and mobilization are generally offered as explanations for rebellion and civilwar. The authors extend arguments about the precursors to nonviolent protest, violent rebellion, and civil war. These arguments motivate a series of hypotheses that are tested against data from the Minorities at Risk project. The results of the analysis suggest, first, that the factors that predict antistate activity at one level of violence do not always hold at other levels; second, the response by the state has a large impact on the subsequent behavior of the rebels; and third, the popular notion of diamonds fueling civil unrest is generally not supported. The authors draw inferences from their results to future theoretical and policy development.

Key Words: rebellion • civil war • violence • greed

Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 49, No. 3, 319-336 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0022002704273441
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