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Author Birnir, Jóhanna Kristín, 1969- author.

Title Alternatives in mobilization : ethnicity, religion, and political conflict / Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Ni̇l Seda Şatana
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 294 pages): illustrations, maps
Contents Demography as an explanatory variable -- The theory : alternatives in mobilization -- Testing the challenger's winning coalition hypothesis on mobilization of religion in civil war -- The internal validity of the challenger's winning coalition hypothesis -- The challenger's winning coalition in Indonesia's electoral politics
Summary What determines which identity cleavage, ethnicity or religion, is mobilized in political contestation, be it peaceful or violent? In contrast to common predictions that the greatest contention occurs where identities are fully segmented, most identity conflicts in the world are between ethnic groups that share religion. Alternatives in Mobilization builds on the literature about political demography to address this seeming contradiction. The book proposes that variation in relative group size and intersection of cleavages help explain conundrums in the mobilization of identity, across transgressive and contained political settings. This theory is tested cross-nationally on identity mobilization in civil war and across violent conflict in Pakistan, Uganda, Nepal and Turkey, and peaceful electoral politics in Indonesia. This book helps illustrate a more accurate and improved picture of the ethnic and religious tapestry of the world and addresses an increasing need for a better understanding of how religion contributes to conflict
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2022)
Subject Political participation -- Case studies
Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Religion and politics -- Case studies
Demography -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Political geography -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Demography -- Political aspects
Ethnicity -- Political aspects
Political geography
Political participation
Religion and politics
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Satana, Nil Seda, 1976- author.
LC no. 2021053372
ISBN 9781108304306
1108304303