Authors
Luke O. Feltz '12, Gettysburg College
Location
Science Center 151
Session
Globalization Studies Capstone Session I
Start Time
5-5-2012 1:00 PM
End Time
5-5-2012 2:00 PM
Supervising Faculty Member
Monica Ogra
Department
Globalization Studies
Description
The purpose of this paper to determine why civil war onset reduces political globalization in former British colonies. Through linear regression and logistic regression analyses, I test the affect of civil war onset and the presence of civil war on political globalization, controlling for former British colonies, French colonies, and other factors. More important, however, is the history behind British colonialism. Through setting up a unique institutional system and maintaining ties to its former colonies, the British have created an atmosphere conducive to international political engagement after the onset of civil war. This study shows that while civil war onset creates an immediate backlash in former British colonies, these same states actually increase their political globalization as the duration of conflict continues.
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Included in
Comparative Politics Commons, International Relations Commons, Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Military History Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons
Civil War and Globalization: The Effect of Colonialism on Political Globalization
Science Center 151
The purpose of this paper to determine why civil war onset reduces political globalization in former British colonies. Through linear regression and logistic regression analyses, I test the affect of civil war onset and the presence of civil war on political globalization, controlling for former British colonies, French colonies, and other factors. More important, however, is the history behind British colonialism. Through setting up a unique institutional system and maintaining ties to its former colonies, the British have created an atmosphere conducive to international political engagement after the onset of civil war. This study shows that while civil war onset creates an immediate backlash in former British colonies, these same states actually increase their political globalization as the duration of conflict continues.