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Conflict Resolution by Democracies and Dictatorships: Are Democracies Better in Resolving Conflicts?

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The chapter deals with the capacities of various regimes to master conflicts. Does the regime character make a difference? Are democratic regimes better in resolving conflicts than autocratic or transitory regimes? The study draws from a wide range of indicators for the independent variables ‘challenges’ and ‘support’ (both are put together in order of ranking with indices as to their management capacities) for each existing state. Besides these explanatory factors, regime factors are calculated independently. The dependent variable ‘conflict’ draws on the data set Kosimo in two ways: first, with the number of conflicts occurring between 1945 and 2000; and second, with the weighted number of internal and neighboring conflicts only. These conflicts are then confronted with the management capacities of each state. Cross-calculations show that, not surprisingly, on the whole democracies have had a better record in the management of conflicts than other regimes.

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  • Conflict Resolution
  • Regime Type
  • Democratic State
  • Violent Conflict
  • Conflict Behavior

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    Frank R. Pfetsch

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Pfetsch, F.R. (2006). Conflict Resolution by Democracies and Dictatorships: Are Democracies Better in Resolving Conflicts?. In: Trappl, R. (eds) Programming for Peace. Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4390-2_2

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