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Social Mobilization, Political Institutionalization, and Conflict in Black Africa

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  • Raymond Duvall

    (Department of Political Science Yale University)

  • Mary Welfling

    (Department of Political Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

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A simple model involving five concepts-social mobilization, party system institutionalization, turmoil, internal war, and elite conflict-is specified and its structural parameters are estimated for 28 black African nations. The model is fully reciprocal, involving each concept as a function of each of the others, and the concepts are measured for two time periods, 1960-1964 and 1965-1969. Two-stage least-squares regression is utilized to generate parameter estimates. The resulting model structure is evaluated according to (1) its correspondence with extant scholarly theorizing, (2) its ability to account for variance in the concepts, (3) the systematic character of the residual, or error, terms, and (4) its predictions for the future. The major conclusions are that: forms of conflict interrelate in complex ways and are not simply different aspects of a single phenomenon; conflict affects the mobilization of society and the development of political institutions; social mobilization has little, if any, effect on conflict; and, the institutionalization of party systems as linkages between publics and governments has a real impact on the mobilization of society and on the level of conflict in society.

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  • Raymond Duvall & Mary Welfling, 1973. "Social Mobilization, Political Institutionalization, and Conflict in Black Africa," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 17(4), pages 673-702, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jocore:v:17:y:1973:i:4:p:673-702
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