Author Question: If you wanted to test the hypothesis that extreme poverty is a root cause of civil wars in ... (Read 59 times)

CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

If you wanted to test the hypothesis that extreme poverty

is a root cause of civil wars in less-developed countries, you could operationally define your independent variable by using:
a. conflicts within states with at least 1,000 deaths.
b. conflicts within states with a yearly average death toll of at least 100.
c. GDP.
d. the percentage of persons living in extreme poverty.

Question 2

In the Comparative Political Analysis box, the authors conclude that:

a. ethnic diversity is a root cause of civil wars.
b. state weakness is a root cause of civil wars.
c. religious diversity is a root cause of civil wars.
d. nationalist conflict within states is a root cause of civil wars.