Research Catalog

Title

Inequality, grievances, and civil war / Lars-Erik Cederman, Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex; Halvard Buhaug, Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Author

Cederman, Lars-Erik, 1963-

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede, 1971-
• Buhaug, Halvard, 1972-

Description

xiii, 259 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book argues that political and economic inequalities following group lines generate grievances that in turn can motivate civil war. Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug offer a theoretical approach that highlights ethnonationalism and how the relationship between group identities and inequalities are fundamental for successful mobilization to resort to violence. Although previous research highlighted grievances as a key motivation for political violence, contemporary research on civil war has largely dismissed grievances as irrelevant, emphasizing instead the role of opportunities. This book shows that the alleged non-results for grievances in previous research stemmed primarily from atheoretical measures, typically based on individual data. The authors develop new indicators of political and economic exclusion at the group level, and show that these exert strong effects on the risk of civil war. They provide new analyses of the effects of transnational ethnic links and the duration of civil wars, and extended case discussions illustrating causal mechanisms." -- Publisher website.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Subjects

• Human rights
• Equality
• Civil war > Social aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index.

Contents

Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I : Theories and concepts -- Inequality and grievances in the civil war literature -- From horizontal ineqality to civil war via grievances -- Part II : Empirical analysis of civil war onset -- Political exclusion and civil war -- Economic inequality and civil war -- Transborder ethnic kin and civil war -- Country-level inequalitites and civil war -- Part III : Beyond civil war onset -- The duration and outcome of civil war -- Conclusions for theory and policy -- References -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 13-8930

ISBN

• 9781107017429 (Hardback)
• 1107017424 (Hardback)
• 9781107603042 (Pbk.)
• 1107603048 (Pbk.)

LCCN

2013001656

OCLC

826017745

Author

Cederman, Lars-Erik, 1963-

Title

Inequality, grievances, and civil war / Lars-Erik Cederman, Center for Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zürich; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex; Halvard Buhaug, Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Cambridge studies in contentious politics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index.

Added Author

Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede, 1971-

Buhaug, Halvard, 1972-

Research Call Number

JFE 13-8930