, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social … gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b) dampening religious or racial conflict over symbolic and normative …

states play games of conflict and cooperation strategically by creating, changing, or destroying institutions. For them …, conflict and cooperation are inseparable phenomena and are integral parts of states’ strategic interactions under constraints …. Through the establishment of appropriate institutions that coordinate states’ actions, present conflict can be turned into …