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Civil war and political participation : evidence from Uganda
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Abstract
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| We show that armed conflict in Uganda affects civic participation, measured by the frequency of political discussion and local meeting attendance. Relying on four rounds of nationally representative individual-level data on civic participation bracketing a large number of battle events, we find that civic participation increases in districts in which battle events took place. Evidence from a variety of identification strategies, including difference-in-difference and IV estimates, suggest that the relationship is causal. However, unlike previous studies, we find that experiencing violence does not affect formal electoral participation. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Economic development and cultural change. - Chicago, Ill., 1952, currens
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Publication
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Chicago, Ill.
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2015
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ISSN
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0013-0079
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DOI
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10.1086/682957
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Volume/pages
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64
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(2015)
, p. 113-141
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000361675000004
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Full text (open access)
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