Polarization and Conflict
Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3916246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Esteban (0000-0001-7123-4937, Institut d'Anàlisi Económica, CSIC, Barcelona), Gerald Schneider (0000-0002-0091-6217, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-141 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343307087168 |
| OpenAlex | W2104980172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 50 |
Recent formal and empirical research in political science and economics strongly indicates that various forms of political and social polarization increase the risk of violent conflict within and between nation states. The articles collected for this issue explore this crucial relationship and provide answers to a variety of topics: First, contributors address how institutions and other contingent factors mediate the conflict potential in polarized societies. Second, this special issue compares the explanatory power of income polarization with traditional and new measures of inequality. Third, the contributions examine how groups form and coalitions are built in polarized societies and how this affects political decision-making. Finally, the special issue analyses the interconnections between interstate war, internationalized conflict and polarization. This introduction synthesizes the literatures that have been developed on the issue of polarization and conflict in the various social scientific disciplines. The authors particularly discuss the similarities between economic models of conflict and the so-called crisis bargaining literature which has been mainly developed within political science. The article shows the differences between `polarization' and `inequality' and introduces the various measures of diversity that have been used in the study of interstate and intrastate conflict during the past few decades
Economic inequality · Economics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Inequality · Polarization (electrochemistry) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social conflict · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Urban Conflict, Rent Seeking, and Corruption Economic and Political Institutions in a Historical Perspective
Multidimensional Polarization, Social Classes, and Societal Conflict
Conflictos silenciosos
Violent peace
United or divided in diversity? The heterogeneous effects of ethnic diversity on European and national identities
The Illusion of ‘Peace Through Power-Sharing’
The Displaced as ‘Ordinary Citizens’
Elite Polarization and the Electoral Impact of Left-Right Placements
Educating for Peace through Countering Violence
Resolving Controversy in the European Union
Linking Conflict to Inequality and Polarization
What kind of ‘world order’? An artificial neural networks approach to intensive data mining
Political Polarization and Compromise in Secession Politics1
Together alone
Ethnic distribution, effective power and conflict
Epistemic competition in global governance
Mapping the US Bridgebuilding Field
Applying conflict resolution insights to the hyper‐polarized , society‐wide conflicts threatening liberal democracies
Turnout and the distortion of representation
The role of polarization and hostility on equilibria in a simple class of symmetric conflict models
Disrupting polarized discourses
Reframing Frame Analysis
Quantifying Indonesia's Ethnic Diversity
From polarization of the public to polarization of the electorate
International Climate Cooperation and the Watershed of Policy Streams
Flexible minds make more moderate views
Fight like hell”
Decomposing changes in income polarization by population group
The impact of climate change mitigation policies on European labour markets
Ethnic Minority Rule and Civil War Onset How Identity Salience, Fiscal Policy, and Natural Resource Profiles Moderate Outcomes
Rebel constituencies and rebel violence against civilians in civil conflicts
Ethnic fractionalization, natural resources and armed conflict
The Impact of Institutional Coup-Proofing on Coup Attempts and Coup Outcomes
The More Fragmented the Better?—The Impact of Armed Forces Structure on Defection during Nonviolent Popular Uprisings
Gender Inequality and State Security
The Long-Term Evolution of Income Polarisation in China, 1995-2018
Political conflict on Instagram during the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe
Do Middle Classes Bring Institutional Reforms
Violent Resistance
Economic inequality and the long-term future
Double versus Triple Majorities
Method Bias in Comparative Research
Spatial Polarization of the Ecological Footprint Distribution
Identity and off-diagonals
Land reform and peasant revolution. Evidence from 1930s Spain
Monitoring the consensus or driving polarization? Comparing journalistic coverage of anti-Green pass and anti-war protests in France and Italy (2021–2024)
What type of Europe? The salience of polity and policy issues in European Parliament elections
Unknown is unloved? Diversity and inter-population trust in Europe
Obstructing integration
Group-based public opinion polarisation in multi-party systems
War and identity
Understanding the Sensitivity of Party Identification Questions in Polarized African Contexts
Power Concentration and Interstate Conflict
Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Discontent
Institutional design and polarization. Do consensus democracies fare better in fighting polarization than majoritarian democracies
From the streets to the ballots
Electoral Rule Disproportionality and Platform Polarization
Obstacle to Peace? Ethnic Geography and Effectiveness of Peacekeeping
Community and consent
Inherently vulnerable? Ethnic geography and the intensity of violence in the Bosnian civil war
Secessionist conflict and affective polarization
On Pride, Flags and Flowers
Polarization and the Global Crisis of Democracy
Deadly elections
Consent or Conflict
Bargaining under polarization
Radical Distrust
In the Shadow of Power
Nations at War
Conflict and Distribution
Ethnic Polarization, Potential Conflict, and Civil Wars
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance
Fractionalization
On the Measurement of Polarization
Politics Among Nations
What Difference Do Polarisation Measures Make? An Application to China
The Power-Conflict Story
Polarization, Politics, and Property Rights
The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes
Patterns of democracy
The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes
Greed and grievance in civil war
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country
Polarization
Polarization, Politics and Property Rights
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict
The Politics of Accommodation
Theory of international politics
The Perils of Polarization
An Evaluation of “Does Economic Inequality Breed Political Conflict?” Studies
Empirical Support for Systemic and Dyadic Explanations of International Conflict
Systemic Polarization and the Occurrence and Duration of War
Measuring Systemic Polarity
Colorful Community or Ethnic Witches' Brew
Ethnicity, Political Systems, and Civil Wars
Tau-b or Not Tau-b
Party Polarization and "Conflict Extension" in the American Electorate
The Economic Costs of Conflict
Multipolar Power Systems and International Stability
Polarization and Policy Reform
Polarization, Horizontal Inequalities and Violent Civil Conflict
Does Terrorism Influence Domestic Politics? Coalition Formation and Terrorist Incidents
Polarization and Ethnic Conflict in a Widened Strategic Setting
Polarization, Fractionalization and Conflict
Polarization and Interstate Conflict
Rules That Matter
Consent or Conflict
Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer than Others
Bipolarity and War
Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816-1992
Measuring the Concentration of Power in the International System
| Unique citing works | 67 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,72 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |