Why do people rebel? Resources and opportunity

Readings

Required

For Monday:

•  (Collier and Hoeffler 2004)
•  (Dube and Vargas 2013)

For Wednesday:

•  (Carter, Shaver, and Wright 2019)

Recommended

•  (Paine 2016)

Slides

• Tuesday slides here

• Thursday slides here

References

Carter, David B., Andrew C. Shaver, and Austin L. Wright. 2019. “Places to Hide: Terrain, Ethnicity, and Civil Conflict.” The Journal of Politics 81 (4): 1446–65.

Collier, Paul, and Anke Hoeffler. 2004. “Greed and Grievance in Civil War.” Oxford Economic Papers 56: 563–95.

Dube, Oeindrila, and Juan F Vargas. 2013. “Commodity Price Shocks and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Colombia.” The Review of Economic Studies 80 (4): 1384–1421.

Paine, Jack. 2016. “Rethinking the Conflict ‘Resource Curse’: How Oil Wealth Prevents Center-Seeking Civil Wars.” International Organization 70 (4): 727–61.