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fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results …In this paper we examine the link between ethnic and religious polariza- tion and conflict using interpersonal …- ization index. We measure conflict by means on an index of social unrest, as well as by the standard conflict onset or …
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fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results …In this paper we examine the link between ethnic and religious polariza- tion and conflict using interpersonal …- ization index. We measure conflict by means on an index of social unrest, as well as by the standard conflict onset or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547123
Cultural diversity – in various forms – has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011129925
Cultural diversity – in various forms – has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143951
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481675
Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014532749
We study the effect of civil conflict on social capital, focusing on the experience of Uganda during the last decade … ethnic violence depend on the ethnic fractionalization. Fighting has a negative effect on the economic situation in highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598215
Although economic inequality has long been viewed as a cause of civil conflict, existing research has not found robust … empirical support for this relationship. This study explores the connections between inequality and civil conflict by focusing … group level, there is a strong positive association between within-group inequality and civil conflict. We do not, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851402
This study departs from extant work on diversity and development in several respects. Using DHS data from a large number of developing countries, we adopt four human development outcomes: child mortality, fertility, education, and wealth. We exploit evidence at multiple levels—country,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011077585
high levels of polarization; (2) the relationship between conflict onset and the range over which we calculate variable …This article examines how the relationship between ethnic polarization and civil war could be moderated by different … degrees of ethnic salience. Using an agent-based computational model, we analyze the polarization—conflict relationship when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010801319