Civil war and terror are causally heterogeneous across regimes, defying single theories

Evidence

First, because what happens within civil war and terror is causally heterogeneous, no single set of conditions or processes should suffice to explain all cases of either one. Second, both their frequency and their character vary significantly across different sorts of regimes. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 789

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Small-arms proliferation and mercenaries enlarged African civil war feasibility after 1990; Terrorism’s causal effects resist separation from other social phenomena — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4085; The War on Terror mutated differently in each host country — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 161 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Conflicting theories of violence both fit the data because events have multiple causes #corroborates (0.92) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4312
• Terrorism’s causal effects resist separation from other social phenomena #corroborates (0.88) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4085
• The War on Terror mutated differently in each host country #exemplifies (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 161
• Terrorism resists a single psychological explanation because it takes many forms #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4075
• Terrorism’s psychological effects cannot be cleanly separated from other conflict factors #corroborates (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4174
• Terrorism stems from small-group dynamics rather than abnormal personalities #exemplifies (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4179