The dynamics of mass killings : Testing time-series models of one-sided violence in the Bosnian Civil War

Schneider, Gerald; Bussmann, Margit; Ruhe, Constantin

The dynamics of mass killings : Testing time-series models of one-sided violence in the Bosnian Civil War

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2012

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International Interactions. 2012, 38(4), pp. 443-461. ISSN 0305-0629. Available under: doi: 10.1080/03050629.2012.697048

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Many observers contend that wartime civilian victimization is an instrument of political leaders to achieve a particular goal. This article examines whether retaliation for similar acts by the other side, the developments on the battlefield, or the behavior of international actors accounts for the ups and downs of this so-called one-sided violence. Using information from the Konstanz One-Sided Violence Event Dataset and other sources, we evaluate the empirical relevance of these complementary models statistically. Time series analyses of the weekly number of killed and harmed Muslims (Bosniacs) and Serbs during the Bosnian civil war support the military and the massacre logic. We show that the Serbian side decreased one-sided violence following a territorial conquest, but that its one-sided violence was not a reciprocal response to the Bosniac targeting of civilians. Conversely, the Bosniac side resorted to violence during times of increasing Serbian atrocities and when the fighting was particularly intense. The analysis reveals that most international interventions did not reduce the carnage, but that the Serbs responded to Russian moves.

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320 Politik

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ARIMA models, Bosnia, civil war, civilian victimization (one-sided violence), vector autoregression

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SCHNEIDER, Gerald, Margit BUSSMANN, Constantin RUHE, 2012. The dynamics of mass killings : Testing time-series models of one-sided violence in the Bosnian Civil War. In: International Interactions. 2012, 38(4), pp. 443-461. ISSN 0305-0629. Available under: doi: 10.1080/03050629.2012.697048

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@article{Schneider2012dynam-20171,
  year={2012},
  doi={10.1080/03050629.2012.697048},
  title={The dynamics of mass killings : Testing time-series models of one-sided violence in the Bosnian Civil War},
  number={4},
  volume={38},
  issn={0305-0629},
  journal={International Interactions},
  pages={443--461},
  author={Schneider, Gerald and Bussmann, Margit and Ruhe, Constantin}
}

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