Alternatives in mobilization: ethnicity, religion, and political conflict

What determines which identity cleavage, ethnicity or religion, is mobilized in political contestation, be it peaceful or violent? In contrast to common predictions that the greatest contention occurs where identities are fully segmented, most identity conflicts in the world are between ethnic group...

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Main Authors: Birnir, Jóhanna 1969- (Author), Şatana, Nil Seda 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2022
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Summary:What determines which identity cleavage, ethnicity or religion, is mobilized in political contestation, be it peaceful or violent? In contrast to common predictions that the greatest contention occurs where identities are fully segmented, most identity conflicts in the world are between ethnic groups that share religion. Alternatives in Mobilization builds on the literature about political demography to address this seeming contradiction. The book proposes that variation in relative group size and intersection of cleavages help explain conundrums in the mobilization of identity, across transgressive and contained political settings. This theory is tested cross-nationally on identity mobilization in civil war and across violent conflict in Pakistan, Uganda, Nepal and Turkey, and peaceful electoral politics in Indonesia. This book helps illustrate a more accurate and improved picture of the ethnic and religious tapestry of the world and addresses an increasing need for a better understanding of how religion contributes to conflict
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Demography as an explanatory variable -- The theory : alternatives in mobilization -- Testing the challenger's winning coalition hypothesis on mobilization of religion in civil war -- The internal validity of the challenger's winning coalition hypothesis -- The challenger's winning coalition in Indonesia's electoral politics
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 294 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108304306
DOI:10.1017/9781108304306

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