Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

by Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Halvard Buhaug

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107603048
• ISBN13: 9781107603042
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"