conflict analyses treat religion as a subset of ethnicity. This paper explores differences between these two identities, both … by reviewing literature and by analysis of some recent surveys of perceptions in a number of conflict-affected countries … than in the case of ethnicity, but there is no evidence that religious conflicts are more deadly than ethnic ones …

This paper focuses on the main factors that contribute to the dangers of violent internal conflict erupting, or re …-igniting after a peace has been concluded. The conflict literature has identified greed and grievance as the principle causes of … conflict. But for either of them to take the form of large-scale violence there must be other factors at work, specifically a …

empirical evidence for convergence between provinces following the conflict shocks: previously richer provinces in the east and … but unique panel of households surveyed before and after the conflict period, we find that households whose house was …

present empirical evidence for a panel of Indian states, where conflict, transfers and policing are treated as endogenous …

Two phenomena have been recently utilised to explain conflict onset among rational choice analysts: greed and grievance … and the grievance it produces fuels conflict. Central to grievance are concepts of inter-ethnic or horizontal inequality …. Identity formation is also crucial to intra-state conflict, as it overcomes the collective action problem. Conflict can rarely …

for conflict resolution. Although these efforts seem to be well intended, they often fail in their actual implementation … second area of non-violent conflict. According to the people interviewed, the conflicts are basically between the authorities … and the displacees, in rare cases between host communities and the displaced people. The third potential area of conflict …

and policing in reducing conflict. It finds that transfers have a significant effect on the prevention and reduction of … civil unrest, particularly in the medium term. While policing reduces conflict in the short term, the continued use of … other countries where social cohesion breaks frequently, but large-scale conflict may be avoidable. …