Mathew H. Charles · TeachingUR / AIC

Universidad del Rosario

Analysis of
Internal Conflict

School of Social, Political and International Studies

Mathew H. Charles, PhD

Session 2:1

Concepts and classification

What Is Civil War?

Compare definitions of civil war and explore conflicts that blur the boundaries between armed conflict, political violence and organised crime.
Session 2:2

Basic quantitative analysis

The Recruitment of Children and Teenagers into the Colombian Conflict

A step-by-step introduction to descriptive statistics, rates, correlations, scatterplots, coefficients and cautious causal claims.
Session 2:2

Data pack and variable guide

Municipal Recruitment Evidence Base

Download the enhanced Excel dataset and the matching guide to variables, original sources, limitations and quality-control flags.