Modernization, social identity, and ethnic conflict

Kazuhiro Yuki

European Economic Review, 2021, vol. 140, issue C

Abstract: The lack of a shared national identity is often blamed for ethnic conflict and low economic development. This raises the question: does a society’s modernization (in particular, industrialization) lead to a shared identity, thereby bringing good outcomes in conflict and development? This paper theoretically examines the question using a contest model of conflict augmented with multiple production sectors and social identification.

Keywords: Ethnic conflict; Social identity; Modernization; Nation-building policies; Economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 D74 O10 O20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Working Paper: Modernization, Social Identity, and Ethnic Conflict (2016)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103919

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