Abstract
This article reviews three important factors in the academic debate on ethnic civil wars: the role of ethnicity in causing and structuring violence, the spread of ethnic civil wars once they have started, and the influence of democratic transitions in divided societies. The review displays the range of discussion on conflict, the state and political systems in ethnically divided societies, covering both theoretical and empirical contributions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1–8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Living Reviews in Democracy |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- conflict
- civil war
- ethnicity