Path Dependence in Intrastate Conflicts: Resources, Regimes, and Interventions
Journal: ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)
Year: 2015

This dissertation investigates the patterns of path dependence in intrastate conflicts. It is motivated by three research questions: What factors determine a particular outcome of a civil war? How strong is their impact? What are the causal mechanisms in play? To examine these questions, this study introduces a theory of path dependence to the study of intrastate conflicts that bridges the gap between analyses of the phases of contention. First, it examines the broad understanding of path depend