Refugee involvement in political violence: quantitative evidence from 1987-1998

This paper presents time series data in order to analyze the frequency, persistence, intensity, and type of political violence involving refugees. After defining the terms political violence and militarization, the author explains the categories of violence captured by this dataset. The middle section of the paper presents data for the years 1987 to 1998, comparing among the years and analyzing the overall findings. The paper concludes with the implications suggested by the findings and areas for further research.