Disintegrationist Ideologies: Ethnic Mobilization and Violence

Diplôme Thèse Disintegrationist Ideologies: Ethnic Mobilization and Violence eng 2020-03-23 author Aghdam Mohammad 839046 director Hug Simon 0000-0002-7741-2201 23847 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:138005 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1380059 SdS 147 This thesis examines the role of ideology for political violence. It looks more specifically at the interaction of ideology and ethnicity - how and what type of ideologies of ethno-political organizations translate into mobilization and violence. The results suggest that the integration/disintegration characteristics of ideologies of ethno-political organizations is the main source for their choice of a violent strategy. While holding integrationist ideologies restrain organizations from using violence, having a territorial disintegrationist ideology or a normative disintegrationist ideology with rigid political and religious doctrines increases the likelihood of organizations using violence. Furthermore, these impacts depend on state institutions and regime type, and are conditioned by state behaviour. Repressive state behaviour and discrimination increase this probability especially in less democratic and authoritarian regimes. Overall, the results suggest that armed conflicts are not only driven by economic systems, but also by ideological struggles that must be considered for conflict resolution. Disintegration Ideology Ethnic Mobilization Violence Boundaries Identity Grievance Dewey 320 121 Département de science politique et relations internationales T3 false 69e4bf18-9a33-4b69-b80d-944b53ae8598 Thesis Public PhD_Dissertation_Aghdam.pdf 5918241 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de science politique et relations internationales

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