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Ethnic Defection in Civil War
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The study of ethnicity is dominated by constructivist approaches, yet empirical studies of civil war have been oblivious to their insights. In this article, the author examines the relationship between ethnic identity and civil war and points to several empirical instances of fluidity in the behavioral expression of ethnic identities within civil war. The author identifies two processes that are consistent with constructivist theorizing: identity shift and ethnic defection. The author provides several empirical illustrations along with a micro-level test of the determinants of ethnic defection. At the micro level, ethnic defection is best predicted by the extent of territorial control exercised by the incumbent political actor and the level of prior insurgent violence. The author also hypothesizes that at the macro level, ethnic defection is a function of the resources available to incumbent actors and conclude by stressing the need to take seriously the endogenous dynamics of civil wars.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kalyvas, S. N.
- Venue
- Comparative Political Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-02-13
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1043-1068
- ISSN
- 0010-4140 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3829
- OpenAlex
- W1989642217
- Cited by
- 356
- References
- 46
- FWCI
- 47.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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