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War After Communism: Effects on Political and Economic Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia

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War After Communism: Effects on Political and Economic Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
Author(s)Horowitz, Shale
AbstractHow did war affect political and economic reform efforts across the post-communist world? War is hypothesized to have a negative political impact through three main mechanisms: distraction from any peacetime political and economic reform agenda; military defeat and disruption, and associated weakening or militarization of state authority; and postwar economic isolation. After controlling for cultural, economic, and institutional factors, statistical analysis confirms the negative effects of war on political and economic reform. The negative effect of war is robust across a range of model specifications and time periods, but is estimated to be stronger for the subgroup of initially democratic countries. The cultural variable of ‘frustrated national ideals’ is the most important control variable.
IssueNo1
Pages25-48
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceJournal of Peace Research
VolumeNo40
PubDate 2003
ISBN_ISSN0022-3433


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