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rough terrain hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Conflict studies

the proposition that mountainous or otherwise rough terrain raises civil war risk by favoring rural guerrilla insurgency against weak states.

In conflict studies, rough terrain hypothesis refers to the proposition that mountainous or otherwise rough terrain raises civil war risk by favoring rural guerrilla insurgency against weak states. This meaning comes from Fearon (2003) in American Political Science Review.[1]

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References

Fearon, J. D., & Laitin, D. D. (2003). Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War. American Political Science Review, 97(01), 75-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003055403000534

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