Explaining Support for Political Violence
Grievance and Perceived Opportunity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284187 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karin Dyrstad (0000-0003-0545-1532, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Dragvoll, Norway, corresponding author), Solveig Hillesund (0000-0002-9370-1417, University of Oslo) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1724-1753 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002720909886 |
| OpenAlex | W3010001670 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 58 |
What explains support for violence against the state? The surge in survey-based studies in (former) conflict areas has improved our understanding of the determinants of armed conflict. Yet, the potential interaction between grievances and political opportunity structure has received little attention in microlevel studies. Integrating common arguments from the civil war literature with the political behavior tradition, this article argues that perceived political efficacy, a central component of the political opportunity structure, moderates the association between individual and group grievance and people’s support for political violence. It represents a first individual-level test of the argument that perceived political opportunity structure and grievances combine to explain internal armed conflict. Using original survey data from Guatemala, Nepal, and Northern Ireland (2016), we find robust empirical evidence that support for violence increases with perceived grievance and decreases with political efficacy; and some evidence of an interaction between the two
Argument (complex analysis · Civil Conflict · Criminology · Empirical evidence · Grievance · Poison control · Political economy · Political efficacy · Political repression · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Medicine · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |