Dynamics of Conflict

By Ronald A. Francisco

Book Overview

The mechanisms of protest and revolution have been the subject of theoretical research for over a century, yet the lack of data has hindered the empirical validation of conflicting theories. In this book, the author presents a unique new set of sub-daily data from over thirty countries and seven civil wars and uses them to test two models of conflict, the predator-prey model and the competing species model. The dynamic nature of the data modelling and the novelty of the dataset make this work a unique contribution to the field of conflict research. Dynamics of Conflict will help to re-evaluate existing theories and chart a new course towards the formal and statistical modelling of conflict.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387752412
• ISBN13: 9780387752419
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"