@article{ref1,
title="Border settlement and the movement toward and from negative peace",
journal="Conflict management and peace science",
year="2017",
author="Owsiak, Andrew P. and Diehl, Paul F. and Goertz, Gary",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="176-193",
abstract="How does border settlement--that is, the management of salient territorial conflict--affect the prospects for negative peace? Using recently released data on dyadic interstate relationships during the period 1946-2001, we build on territorial peace research to argue, predict, and find three connections between border settlement and negative peace. More specifically, border settlement: (a) increases the likelihood that a dyad is at negative peace; (b) raises the likelihood that dyads transition from rivalry to negative peace relationships; and (c) consolidates negative peace--by impeding transitions toward rivalry relationships. We confirm each of these findings with a commonly used measure of border settlement, as well as an alternative indicator of unsettled borders: civil wars. These findings cumulatively support our argument, demonstrate the importance of studying relationships outside the rivalry context, and suggest that border settlement plays a critical role in the emergence and consolidation of negative peace.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0738-8942",
doi="10.1177/0738894216650420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894216650420"
}