MISHALI-RAM Meirav

Body and soul : governmental and communal attributes of state vulnerability to violent strife / Meirav Mishali-Ram. - 2014

Uses data from 1385 intrastate conflicts in 116 countries betweeen 1995 and 2006 to study the "effectiveness and legitimacy of [a state's] politicial institutions" compared with "its communal traits and cohesion" in relation to internal conflicts at varying levels of intensity. This study is of particular relevance as central state authority declines.


STATE LEGITIMACY--CIVIL WAR
INSURGENCY