Grievances and Opportunities: Religious Violence across Political Regimes
Studies of religious violence have established that when states restrict religious freedom, the probability of religious violence increases. Conventional wisdom holds that religious violence is primarily a result of religious grievances. When religious groups are denied religious freedom, they seek...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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[2014]
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Politics and religion
Año: 2014, Volumen: 7, Número: 4, Páginas: 684-705 |
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| Sumario: | Studies of religious violence have established that when states restrict religious freedom, the probability of religious violence increases. Conventional wisdom holds that religious violence is primarily a result of religious grievances. When religious groups are denied religious freedom, they seek to revise the status quo in their favor though the use of violence. This study challenges this narrative. It finds, rather than being caused only by grievances, religious violence is also fueled by moments of opportunity. Utilizing cross-national data for the years 2008 and 2001-2005, it is found that religious violence occurs most frequently in anocratic regimes marked by weak and decaying state institutions. Hence, the current narrative is incomplete. Studies analyzing religious violence need to consider how various regimes provide or stifle the opportunity for religious actors to engage in violence as well as how those regimes fuel religious violence through restricting religious freedom and increasing religious grievances. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048314000534 |
