What are the major causes of civil war noted by IR scholars? What are the domestic factors that make some states more prone to civil war than others? How can civil wars be avoided?

QUESTION FOR ESSAY: What are the major causes of civil war noted by IR scholars?  What are the domestic factors that make some states more prone to civil war than others?  How can civil wars be avoided?

need 3 pages double spaced by tomorrow at 11:55 PM

 here are the answers to write the paper with

•War may serve the interests of some domestic groups

•Groups may have selfish interests contrary to national interests

•Types of groups

•War to satisfy the military or interest groups

•Costs fall on society as a whole;

benefits may accrue a specific group

•Collective action problem

•Group level explanation

•Country level explanation 

•International factors

•Civil war as a bargaining failure

•Information asymmetries 

•Commitment problems

•Indivisible goods

•Insurgency

•Counterinsurgency 

- Conventional military forces 

- “Hearts and minds”

•International efforts to end civil wars

•Reducing the likelihood of civil wars