Nils?Christian Bormann|Lars?Erik Cederman|Manuel Vogt
Language, Religion, and Ethnic Civil War
ETH Zurich|ETH Zurich|ETH Zurich
certain ethnic cleavages conflictprone others scholars focus contents ethnicity argue political violence likely occur along religious divisions linguistic ones challenge claim analyzing path linguistic differences ethnic civil war along three theoretical steps 1 perception grievances group members 2 rebel mobilization 3 government accommodation rebel demands argument tested new data set ethnic cleavages records multiple linguistic religious segments ethnic groups 1946 2009 adopting relational perspective assess ethnic differences potential challengers politically dominant group country findings indicate intrastate conflict likely within linguistic dyads among religious ones moreover find support thesis muslim groups particularly conflictprone