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Identity conflict, ethnocentrism and social cohesion

Domain:

peace and security

Record type:

paperdataset
Creator:
Ses
Editor:
AixUniANRANR
Publisher:
CCSDElsevier
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International audience This paper uses a novel dataset on ethnic warfare to shed light on how conflict affects social identification and cohesion. A large body of anecdotal studies suggests that ethnic identities become more salient at times of conflict. Using data from eighteen sub-Saharan countries, I provide econometric evidence for such a claim. The effect of ethnic conflict on various measures of social cohesion is also investigated, uncovering a positive relationship between the two. The finding is understood as a result of the ethnocentric dynamics generated by conflict: as ethnic warfare increases ethnic identification, in-group cooperation follows suit. This parochial interpretation is further strengthened by the use of remote violence and the conditionality of conflict-induced pro-social behaviour on low levels of ethnic polarisation.

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Africaidentitysocial cohesionethnic conflictJEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making/D.D7.D74 - Conflict • Conflict Resolution • Alliances • RevolutionsJEL: N - Economic History/N.N4 - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation/N.N4.N47 - Africa • OceaniaJEL: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O55 - AfricaJEL: Z - Other Special Topics/Z.Z1 - Cultural Economics • Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology/Z.Z1.Z13 - Economic Sociology • Economic Anthropology • Social and Economic Stratification[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance

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info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess

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