Idean’s and my new paper on rainfall and social conflict on Africa is now available at the Social Science Research Network. In it, we use a new dataset of over 6,000 social conflict events, ranging from peaceful protests to communal conflict and labor unrest, to demonstrate a robust relationship between rainfall patterns and political unrest [...]
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Climate change, rainfall, and social conflict in Africa
Posted in Africa, Civil Conflict, Climate Change, Environment, Political Science, Science on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
