2005/04/25 by M. Caprioli, Manuela Caprioli · 445 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Conflict resolution #Conflict theories #Criminology #Democracy #Ethnic conflict #Ethnic group #Gender, Security, and Conflict #Grievance #Inequality #Internal conflict #Law #Peacebuilding and International Security #Political Conflict and Governance #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Social psychology #Sociology #State (computer science)
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.0020-8833.2005.00340.x
published in International Studies Quarterly 49(2), 161-178 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2005/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We know, most notably through Ted Gurr's research, that ethnic discrimination can lead to ethnopolitical rebellion–intrastate conflict. I seek to discover what impact, if any, gender inequality has on intrastate conflict. Although democratic peace scholars and others highlight the role of peaceful domestic behavior in predicting state behavior, many scholars have argued that a domestic environment of inequality and violence—structural and cultural violence—results in a greater likelihood of violence at the state and the international level. This project contributes to this line of inquiry and further tests the grievance theory of intrastate conflict by examining the norms of violence that facilitate a call to arms. And in many ways, I provide an alternative explanation for the significance of some of the typical economic measures—the greed theory—based on the link between discrimination, inequality, and violence. I test whether states characterized by higher levels of gender inequality are more likely to experience intrastate conflict. Ultimately, the basic link between gender inequality and intrastate conflict is confirmed—states characterized by gender inequality are more likely to experience intrastate conflict, 1960–2001.