eprintid: 4123
rev_number: 42
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/00/41/23
datestamp: 2003-01-04 13:55:41
lastmod: 2016-01-15 19:45:03
status_changed: 2012-08-14 15:10:03
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Pfetsch, Frank R.
title: Measuring Conflicts in South Asian Countries (1945-2002)
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-320
divisions: i-702000
divisions: i-999904
keywords: South Asia , Conflict , International Relations , Domestic Politics , Measuring Conflicts
cterms_swd: Südasien
cterms_swd: Konfliktforschung
cterms_swd: Internationale Politik
cterms_swd: Empirische Forschung
cterms_swd: Innenpolitik
abstract: In this contribution I would like to focus on the four countries in South Asia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as a region of conflicts, ask questions about the specific conflict constellations existing in the region and by applying indicator oriented empirical research to the four countries I try to explain the political confrontations occurring during the period between 1945 and 2002. This article is structured according to the following logic: First of all, the structural reality of a country’s endangerment/insecurity and support/security as well as - deduced from this - its ability to resolve conflicts are operationalized and put into measurable quantities. In this way we identify the regime’s political management capabilities and, independent of the measurements mentioned before, its character. Then, the variable ‘conflict’, which is to be explained, is presented and the modality of resolving conflicts is considered. Finally, an index of resolution is calculated that shows which states and which regimes can or could respectively best deal with conflicts. At the same time, the index serves to identify specifically endangered states and through pointing out the supporting factors to discuss the possibilities of non-violent ways to resolve conflicts.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2002
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00004123
portal_cluster_id: p-hdpaper
portal_order: 12
ppn_swb: 1643770950
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-41230
language: eng
bibsort: PFETSCHFRAMEASURINGC2002
full_text_status: public
series: Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics
volume: 12
issn: 1617-5069
citation:   Pfetsch, Frank R.  (2002) Measuring Conflicts in South Asian Countries (1945-2002).  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/4123/1/hpsacp12.pdf