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Militarization, factionalism and political transitions: an inquiry into the causes of state collapse
(2020)
Why do some fragile states collapse while others do not? This article presents results from a comparative analysis of the causes of state collapse. Using a dataset of 15 cases of state collapse between 1960 and 2007, we conduct both synchronic and diachronic comparisons with two different control groups of fragile states using crisp-set QCA. The results support our hypothesis that state collapse has multiple causes. The militarization of political groups, when combined with other conditions, plays a major part in the process. Other causal factors are political transition, extreme poverty, declining government resources or external aid, factionalist politics, repression and pre-colonial polities. This challenges structuralist explanations focusing on regime types and the resource curse, among other things, and opens up avenues for further research.
PD Dr. Daniel Lambach ist Heisenberg-Fellow an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und Senior Associate Fellow am Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden der Universität Duisburg-Essen. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Konstruktionen von Territorium in unregulierten Räumen. 2019 ist sein Artikel "The Territorialization of Cyberspace" in der International Studies Review erschienen.