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Colonial legacy, polarization and linguistic disenfranchisement: The case of the Sri Lankan War
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dower, Paul Castãneda Ginsburgh, Victor Weber, Shlomo |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | We introduce two societal polarization measures that, unlike standard approaches based on time invariant and arbitrary divisions of a society into ethnolinguistic or religious groups, take into account how a society's history can alter inter-group relations. One of our measures allows for different inter-group divisions due to different experiences in the colonial era, while the other allows these divisions to change as a result of violence throughout the conflict episode. By examining the protracted war in Sri Lanka and applying these indices to a data set describing victims of terrorist attacks by district and year, we find that, for each of our polarization indices, there is a positive effect on the number of victims from terrorist attacks. The historical underpinnings of our indices allow us to demonstrate in a quantitative and concrete way the relevance of the historical path for understanding patterns of civil conflict. |
| Starting Page | 440 |
| Ending Page | 448 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.12.006 |
| Volume Number | 127 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/128163.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
