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This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d …’Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and …‐/ out‐group mechanism utilized in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1990s, while the political elites tried to politicize religion. In …
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Religious elites are active for peace in many violent conflicts. Normative explanations often do not suffice to explain their engagement. In this paper we draw on the findings of social-movement research to identify the factors that induce rationally acting religious elites to be active for...
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Given the widespread focus on socioeconomic factors, it comes as no surprise that religion is neglected in most … based on a newly compiled database including 28 violent conflicts show that religion plays a role more frequently than is … impact on conflict. Even though religion seems secondary when compared to classical “risk factors,” the findings demonstrate …
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, social science research has inadequately addressed the question of how and to what extent religion matters for conflict in … Africa. This paper presents an innovative data inventory on religion and violent conflict in all sub-Saharan countries for … the period 1990–2008 that seeks to contribute to filling the gap. The data underscore that religion has to be accounted …
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Theoretically, the “mobilization hypothesis” establishes a link between religion and conflict by arguing that religious … of African armed conflicts, this assumption has not yet been backed by systematic empirical research on the religion … well as religious factors indicating actual politicization of religion (e.g. inter-religious tensions, religious …
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