Conflict-induced IDPs and the Spread of Conflict

Heidrun Bohnet, Fabien Cottier and Simon Hug

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2018, vol. 62, issue 4, 691-716

Abstract: Recent scholarship has found evidence that refugee flows may inadvertently contribute to the spread of conflict across borders. Little is known, however, about the spatial diffusion of conflict within a state’s borders and what role internal displacement plays in such a dynamic. This question is of relevance because of the particular marginalization of internally displaced persons, which make them at risk of predation and militarization by armed groups. Drawing on a novel global data set on internal displacement, we evaluate this question and find evidence for a similar mechanism leading to conflict spread operating at the domestic level.

Keywords: conflict; internal armed conflict; national security; international security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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