TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - You can't win if you don't fight: the role of regime type in counterinsurgency outbreaks and outcomes
JO  - Journal of conflict resolution
A1  - Getmansky, Anna
SP  - 709
EP  - 734
VL  - 57
IS  - 4
N2  - What effect, if any, does democracy have on outcomes of counterinsurgency wars? Previous studies have provided inconclusive answers mainly because of the challenges involved in testing the question empirically: First, insurgencies are not accidental and the anticipated outcomes also affect whether they break out in the first place. Second, regimes are non-random and their determinants can also affect insurgency incidence and its outcomes. Moreover, different aspects of democracy can have opposite effects on the government's chances of winning. I address these challenges by conducting a critical test to distinguish between different causal mechanisms. I find that domestic institutions that are associated with public goods provision make insurgency onsets less likely. I also show that once we control for this selection effect, domestic political institutions do not influence insurgency outcomes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-0027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002712449326
ID  - ref1
ER  -