On the Salience of Ethnic Conflict Export

@article{estebanray2007, abstract = {A classical theme in social analysis views economic class divisions as the main cause of social conflict. Yet many, if not most of the conflicts we observe today appear to be ethnic in nature. It appears that the ” vertical” nature of class divisions is often dominated by the ” horizontal” antagonisms across groups delineated by noneconomic markers. This paper highlights the perverse synergy of economic inequality within ethnic groups, and its role in the salience of ethnic conflict. In a model of group formation which allows for both class and ethnic groupings to emerge, we show that ethnic conflict—as opposed to class conflict — may be focal, and precisely in the presence of economic inequality.}, author = {Esteban, Joan and Ray, Debraj}, citeulike-article-id = {1732342}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/debraj/Papers/EstebanRaySalience.pdf}, journal = {Working paper}, keywords = {art\_misperceptions, conflict, ethnic\_conflict, group\_formation}, month = {February}, posted-at = {2007-10-06 01:47:58}, priority = {2}, title = {On the Salience of Ethnic Conflict}, url = {http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/debraj/Papers/EstebanRaySalience.pdf}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - estebanray2007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1732342 N2 - A classical theme in social analysis views economic class divisions as the main cause of social conflict. Yet many, if not most of the conflicts we observe today appear to be ethnic in nature. It appears that the “vertical” nature of class divisions is often dominated by the “horizontal” antagonisms across groups delineated by noneconomic markers. This paper highlights the perverse synergy of economic inequality within ethnic groups, and its role in the salience of ethnic conflict. In a model of group formation which allows for both class and ethnic groupings to emerge, we show that ethnic conflict—as opposed to class conflict — may be focal, and precisely in the presence of economic inequality. JF - Working paper TI - On the Salience of Ethnic Conflict KW - art_misperceptions KW - conflict KW - ethnic_conflict KW - group_formation AU - Esteban, Joan AU - Ray, Debraj PY - 2007/02// UR - http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/debraj/Papers/EstebanRaySalience.pdf ER -