Replication data for: Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare (doi:10.7910/DVN/LMBBHI)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/LMBBHI

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2009-01-21

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Paul Huth; Benjamin Valentino; Dylan Balch-Lindsay, 2009, "Replication data for: Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LMBBHI, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:3:gWci8KOrpe54f8qJHXAogw== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/LMBBHI

Authoring Entity:

Paul Huth (University of Maryland, College Park)

Benjamin Valentino (Dartmouth College)

Dylan Balch-Lindsay (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque)

Date of Production:

2004

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Paul Huth

Distributor:

Murray Research Archive

Date of Deposit:

2007

Date of Distribution:

2007

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LMBBHI

Study Scope

Abstract:

Why do some armed conflicts result in the intentional killing of large numbers of civilians? In this article we examine the incidence of mass killing in all large-scale armed conflicts from 1945-2000. We find that mass killing during armed conflicts is often a calculated military strategy used by regimes attempting to defeat major guerrilla insurgencies. Unlike conventional military forces, guerrilla armies often rely directly on the local civilian population for logistical support. Because guerrilla forces are very difficult to defeat directly, governments facing major guerrilla insurgencies have strong incentives to target the guerrillas’ civilian base of support. We find that mass killing is significantly more likely during guerrilla wars than during other kinds of conflict. In addition, we find that the likelihood of mass killing among guerrilla conflicts is greatly increased when the guerrillas receive high levels of active support from the local population and/or when the insurgency poses a major military threat to the regime.

Time Period:

1945-2000

Notes:

Subject: STANDARD DEPOSIT TERMS 1.0 Type: DATAPASS:TERMS:STANDARD:1.0 Notes: This study was deposited under the of the Data-PASS standard deposit terms. A copy of the usage agreement is included in the file section of this study.;

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Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Valentino, B., P. Huth, and D. Balch-Lindsay, “Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare” International Organization 58,2 (2004):375-407. <a href="http://www.iq.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/Past/PHS/papers/draining.pdf" target= "_new"> article available here </a>

Bibliographic Citation:

Valentino, B., P. Huth, and D. Balch-Lindsay, “Draining The Sea: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare” International Organization 58,2 (2004):375-407. <a href="http://www.iq.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/Past/PHS/papers/draining.pdf" target= "_new"> article available here </a>

File Description--f110754

File: finaldataset_article4.tab

  • Number of cases: 165

  • No. of variables per record: 18

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:3:gWci8KOrpe54f8qJHXAogw==

Data file for this study

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • number - Number of observation
  • cowcnflc - COW conflict number
  • country - country of government forces
  • scode - Abbreviation of country of government forces
  • ccode - COW code of country of government forces
  • conflict_name - Name of conflict
  • syear - Start Year
  • eyear - End Year
  • duration - Duration of Conflict in years
  • ppop - ln of affected civilian population
  • wartype - Type of War
  • dem - a combined polity IV score of more than six
  • midpol - polity score between 6 and -6
  • lickidnt - Identity Conflict
  • guerr - Guerrilla Warfare
  • mkill - Mass Killing
  • gthreat - a guerilla conflict with in highest quartile of ratio fatalities/committed troop
  • hicivsup - high level of civilian support for guerillas

Variables

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COW conflict number

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country of government forces

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Abbreviation of country of government forces

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COW code of country of government forces

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Name of conflict

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Start Year

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End Year

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Duration of Conflict in years

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Variable Format: numeric

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ln of affected civilian population

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Variable Format: numeric

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Type of War

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Variable Format: numeric

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a combined polity IV score of more than six

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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polity score between 6 and -6

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Identity Conflict

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Guerrilla Warfare

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Mass Killing

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Variable Format: numeric

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a guerilla conflict with in highest quartile of ratio fatalities/committed troop

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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high level of civilian support for guerillas

f110754 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

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Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

finaldataset_article4.zip

Text:

Zip file containing data for this study in original file format

Notes:

application/x-zip-compressed