Masters of their domains: The role of state capacity in civil wars
Masters of their domains: The role of state capacity in civil wars
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领域的主人：国家能力在内战中的作用
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2010
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David Sobek
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David Sobek
内战是受多种因素影响的复杂事件。然而，最近的研究似乎集中在叛乱分子及其动机上，而排除了国家如何影响内战的爆发和结果。这期特刊通过探讨国家能力的作用来填补这一空白。特别是，国家能力是一个多维度的概念，不仅包括国家的采掘能力，还包括经济发展和官僚素质。尽管衡量国家能力的方式多种多样，但这些条款清楚地表明，强大的国家经历内战的风险较小，尽管有证据表明，国内暴力会降低国家能力，这意味着相反的因果关系。此外，有能力但确实经历过国内暴力的国家似乎更有能力承诺通过谈判解决问题，这增加了通过谈判结束暴力的可能性。虽然这些条款并不代表关于这一问题的最后结论，但它们确实提供了令人信服的证据，表明国家能力在国内暴力的发生和进行中发挥着关键作用。
Civil wars are complex events affected by numerous factors. Recent research, however, seems to have concentrated on the rebels and their motivations to the exclusion of how the state can affect the onset and outcome of civil wars. This special issue addresses this lacuna by looking at the role of state capacity. In particular, state capacity is a multi-dimensional concept that encompasses not only the extractive abilities of a state but also economic development and bureaucratic quality. Despite the various ways in which state capacity can be measured, the articles clearly show that strong states have a decreased risk of experiencing a civil war, although there is evidence that civil violence decreases state capacity, implying a reverse causality. In addition, it appears that the capable states that do experience civil violence are more able to credibly commit to a negotiated solution, which increases the possibility of a bargained end to the violence. While these articles do not represent the last word on the subject, they do provide convincing evidence that state capacity plays a critical role in the onset and conduct of civil violence.