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Violent Death After Communism
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are not adequately understood when the death-causing lawlessness and violence are treated as transitional phenomena, resulting from the upheavals and uncertainty of early post-communism. The transitional upheaval and dislocation certainly help us understand the surge in violent deaths in the region as a whole, but are of limited usefulness with regard to cross-national differences. Second, the factors that appear to be associated with violent deaths are either historical (urban population shares, historic purposeful death rates, divorce rates, and in part, ethno-linguistic fractionalization), or durable (all of the above plus inequality), rather than “new” and potentially temporary consequences of economic crises. This ought to diminish the confidence that further economic, political or legal reforms are capable of ameliorating the violent death problem on their own. It may not be sensible to continue lumping assessments of public order under broad assessments of the rule of law, or other macro governance indicators.
APPENDIX
1. P
URPOSEFUL
D
EATH
R
ATES
A
ROUND
THE
W
ORLD
, S
ELECT
C
OUNTRIES
, A
NNUAL
A
VERAGE
1996-2000, H
IGHEST
TO
LOWEST
country
purposeful deaths per 100,000 residents, annual average 1996-2000
purposeful deaths per 100,000, adjusted for completeness
Colombia
122.8
151.6
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are not adequately understood when the death-causing lawlessness and violence are
treated as transitional phenomena, resulting from the upheavals and uncertainty of early
post-communism. The transitional upheaval and dislocation certainly help us understand
the surge in violent deaths in the region as a whole, but are of limited usefulness with
regard to cross-national differences. Second, the factors that appear to be associated
with violent deaths are either historical (urban population shares, historic purposeful
death rates, divorce rates, and in part, ethno-linguistic fractionalization), or durable (all of
the above plus inequality), rather than “new” and potentially temporary consequences of
economic crises. This ought to diminish the confidence that further economic, political
or legal reforms are capable of ameliorating the violent death problem on their own. It
may not be sensible to continue lumping assessments of public order under broad
assessments of the rule of law, or other macro governance indicators.
APPENDIX
1. P
URPOSEFUL
D
EATH
R
ATES
A
ROUND
THE
W
ORLD
, S
ELECT
C
OUNTRIES
, A
NNUAL
A
VERAGE
1996-2000, H
IGHEST
TO
LOWEST
country
purposeful deaths per 100,000
residents, annual average 1996-
2000
purposeful deaths per
100,000, adjusted for
completeness
Colombia
122.8
151.6
29
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