I. Short Answer Essays (40%)
Provide answers for five of the following six terms
Define and briefly discuss significance
- The commitment problem
- Democratic peace
- Horizontal inequality
- Resource curse
- Stationary bandits
- Non-violent campaigns
II. Essays (60%)
Answer two of the following three questions:
1. How do rebel groups recruit? What can they do to induce an individual to join a rebel group? What can they do to motivate a recruit to remain in the group? Are the reasons for joining the same as for staying in a group? What difference does it make if the group practices violence or non-violence?
2. War between states has almost ceased to exist. Discuss some possible causes for this development.
3. What role does violence play in state development? How does political violence lead to state fragility? Discuss the relationship between state development and state fragility.