Disarming Fears of Diversity : Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988-2002

Disarming Fears of Diversity : Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988-2002

The authors address the question of state militarization under conditions of ethnic and other diversity. "Primordialist" claims about ancient hatreds, fear, and insecurity in such societies would lead one to expect that fractionalization,...

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Main Authors:	de Soysa, Indra, Neumayer, Eric
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ARMAMENTS ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMS ARMS RACE ARMS TRANSFERS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL PEACE CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR VARIABLES CIVIL WARS COLD WAR CONFLICT COUNTRY EXPERIENCES COUNTRY SIZE DATA SET DEFENSE DEFENSE SPENDING DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISARMAMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ETHNIC CONFLICT ETHNIC DIVERSITY ETHNIC DOMINANCE ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC HETEROGENEITY ETHNIC MAJORITY ETHNIC POLARIZATION EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPROPRIATION GROSS NATIONAL INCOME GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH RISK HOMOGENEOUS SOCIETIES INCOME ELASTICITY INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL SECURITY INTERNATIONAL WAR LABOR FORCE LAGGED DEPENDENT LARGE POPULATION LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION LINGUISTIC FRACTIONALIZATION INDEX LINGUISTIC GROUP MIDDLE EAST MILITARIZATION MILITARY BUDGETS MILITARY EQUIPMENT MILITARY EXPENDITURES MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY SPENDING MINORITY NEGATIVE COEFFICIENT NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP NORTH AFRICA OIL EXPORTERS PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PER CAPITA INCOME POLARIZATION POLARIZATION MEASURES POLARIZED SOCIETIES POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL CONFLICT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY MODELS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION SHARE POPULATION SIZE POST-CONFLICT POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES PREVENTIVE ACTION PROGRESS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REBELLION REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL LEVELS RELIGIOUS CONFLICT RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY RELIGIOUS FRACTIONALIZATION RELIGIOUS GROUPS RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SERIAL CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES SPATIAL LAG TERRORIST VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7558220/disarming-fears-diversity-ethnic-heterogeneity-state-militarization-1988-2002 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7092

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7558220/disarming-fears-diversity-ethnic-heterogeneity-state-militarization-1988-2002
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7092

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