Rewards of Repression | Does State Repression Reduce the Likelihood of Conflict in Ethnically Fractionalized Societies?

Tor Georg Jakobsen

ISBN 10: 3838358945 / ISBN 13: 9783838358949

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010

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Rewards of Repression | Does State Repression Reduce the Likelihood of Conflict in Ethnically Fractionalized Societies? | Tor Georg Jakobsen | Taschenbuch | Englisch | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838358949 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rewards of Repression | Does State Repression Reduce the Likelihood of Conflict in Ethnically Fractionalized Societies?
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838358945
• ISBN 13: 9783838358949
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book employs quantitative methods to test the effect of human rights abuses on civil war onset. Its point of departure is the classic theories of collective violence, namely the deprived actor (DA) and rational actor (RA) research traditions. I find that in ethnically fractionalized societies, state repression decreases the risk of civil war. This gives support to the RA assumption that repression (which produce grievances) in ethnically fractionalized societies (which are the most conflict prone) should not lead to an increased probability of civil war onset. Thus, grievance is not the deciding factor for why people resort to violence.