Beyond ethnicity
Historical States and Modern Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6060435 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marius Swane Wishman (0000-0002-9913-6009, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Marius Wishman (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Charles Butcher (0000-0003-2652-1229, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 777-807 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0661 • E-ISSN: 1460-3713 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13540661221106911 |
| OpenAlex | W4285006669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 80 |
Historical states, be they sprawling empires or nominal vassal states, can make lasting impressions on the territories they once governed. We argue that more historical states located within the borders of modern states increase the chance of civil conflict because they (1) created networks useful for insurgency, (2) were symbols of past sovereignty, (3) generated modern ethnic groups that activated dynamics of ethnic inclusion and exclusion, and (4) resisted western colonialism. Using new global data on historical statehood, we find a robust positive association between more historical states inside a modern state and the rate of civil conflict onset between 1946 and 2019. This relationship is not driven by common explanations of state formation that also drive conflict such as the number of ethnic groups, population density, colonialism, levels of historical warfare, or other region-specific factors. We also find that historical states are more likely to be conflict inducing when they are located far from the capital and in poorer countries. Our study points to unexplored channels linking past statehood to modern-day conflict that are independent of ethno-nationalist conflict and open possibilities for a new research agenda linking past statehood to modern-day conflict outcomes
Colonialism · Development economics · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Sovereignty · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
Cuestionamientos al binario interior-exterior en el contexto de la guerra entre Israel e Irán
Artificial states, ethnicity, and the survival of private participation infrastructure projects in Africa
The State and the Monopolization of Violence
A Precolonial Paradox? Rethinking Political Centralization and Its Legacies
The Future Is History
Identity, money, or governance? Explaining secessionist parties’ rhetorical strategies
Forging democracy from below
The Marathas 1600–1818
Age of Secession
Counterfactuals and Causal Inference
The Art of Not Being Governed
The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe
The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
The Consequences of Radical Reform
Artificial States
History, Institutions, and Economic Performance
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
Title unavailable
Fractionalization
Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1992
Quasi-States
Africa and the International System
States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
Islam and Nation
The Indian Princes and their States
Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa
Resort to War, 1816-2007
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country
Is Africa Different? Historical Conflict and State Development
Historical sociology and systems theory in international relations
Coercion, Co-optation, or Cooperation
The Logic of State Failure
States and their international relations since 1816
A revised list of independent states since the congress of Vienna
Nation Building
Agriculture, Diffusion and Development
Phoenix from the Ashes
The Cartographic State
The Oyo Empire c. 1600-c. 1836
The Feudal Revolution and Europe's Rise
Imagined communities
An Institutional Theory of Direct and Indirect Rule
African Borders as Sources of Natural Experiments Promise and Pitfalls
Pre-Colonial Institutions, Post-Colonial States, and Economic Development in Tropical Africa
Integrating Data on Ethnicity, Geography, and Conflict
Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset
How State Presence Leads to Civil Conflict
When Organizations Rebel
Rationalist explanations for war
Ethnic Violence in Africa
Transborder Ethnic Kin and Civil War
Unequal Ground
Dismemberment and Suffocation
How Does Ethnic Rebellion Start
What Is Ethnic Identity and Does It Matter
Bargaining Failures and Civil War
Veto Players and Civil War Duration
Conversionary Protestants Do Not Cause Democracy
Square Pegs in Round Holes
The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization
The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa
Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel? New Data and Analysis
Ethiopia, Revolution, and the Question of Nationalities
Organized violence, 1989-2019
The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy
Does Conflict Beget Conflict? Explaining Recurring Civil War
Peace from the past
Measuring state capacity
Prio-Grid
Unpacking the Black Box of Causality
The Legacy of Historical Conflict
Toward a Chronology for the Caliphate of Hamdullahi (Māsina)
Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816-1992
The Autocratic Legacy of Early Statehood
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
Latecomer State Formation
The Politics of History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |