PSCI 2223 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
When is interstate war most likely to take place? - Answer-Security Dilemma (Herz)
- when a state arms itself it does it for security purposes
- other states see that as a security threat and begin arming themselves too
Arms Race
- when both si...
PSCI 2223 Exam 2 Questions with
Correct Answers
When is interstate war most likely to take place? - Answer-Security Dilemma (Herz)
- when a state arms itself it does it for security purposes
- other states see that as a security threat and begin arming themselves too
Arms Race
- when both sides of a conflict are ensnared in an action-reaction process
- ex. Cold War
Guns vs Butter
- relationship between military preparedness and economic welfare during peacetime
- Military Keynesianism: when a country's economy is down, war is good for it
How is a revolution different from an intra-state war? - Answer-all revolutions start out
as civil wars (intrastate) but are only a revolution if the rebel group wins and implements
wholesale political change
Why do civil wars occur? - Answer-Colonial Legacies
- colonies oftentimes left weak and institutionally illegitimate, a govt takes over and does
not have the ability to govern
- colonizers would put minority groups in power, once they left majority would fight for
power
International Contexts
- third party funding of groups
- interstate conflicts spillover into neighboring countries
Poverty
- rebel groups are cheap, govt is expensive
- rebel groups offer steady paycheck when other work is unavailable
Geography
- rough terrain may aid rebel groups in their ability to hide, and therefore form
state level theories of intrastate war - Answer-Greed
- existence of profitable opportunities during civil war for individual or elites
- ex. natural resource extortion
- economic explanation of civil war
Grievance
- cultural cleavages leading to conflict between culturally and ethnically distinct people
- cultural/ethnic polarization
- political/economic inequality
- the more fractionalized the state, the more likely there will be conflict
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