Ethnicity, Political Systems, and Civil Wars
2002/02/01 by MARTA REYNAL-QUEROL, Marta Reynal‐Querol · 963 citations
Social Sciences · #Cleavage (geology) #Culture, Economy, and Development Studies #Democracy #Development economics #Diversity (politics) #Economics #Ethnic group #Law #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Political Conflict and Governance #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Religion and Society Interactions #Sociology #Spanish Civil War
paper · doi:10.1177/0022002702046001003
published in Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(1), 29-54 (SAGE Publishing)
openalex publication_date 2002/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract
The effect of ethnic division on civil war and the role of political systems in preventing these conflicts are analyzed, using the importance of religious polarization and animist diversity to explain the incidence of ethnic civil war. Findings show that religious differences are a social cleavage more important than linguistic differences in the development of civil war, and being a consociational democracy significantly reduces the incidence of ethnic civil war.
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