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CloseThe Young and the Restless: Population Age Structure and Civil War
"[T]he importance of youthful age structure—particularly in insurgency-based civil wars—should not be ignored. The relationship between large youth cohorts and civil war appears to have held throughout history, writes Sarah Staveteig.
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Sarah Staveteig
Doctoral Candidate in Sociology and Demography, University of California, Berkeley
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Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
