Buying war not peace: The influence of corruption on the risk of ethnic war

Neudorfer, Natascha S. and Theuerkauf, Ulrike G. (2014) Buying war not peace: The influence of corruption on the risk of ethnic war. Comparative Political Studies, 47 (13). pp. 1856-1886. ISSN 0010-4140

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Abstract

This article presents robust findings for the positive effect of corruption on the risk of ethnic civil war, using binary time-series-cross-section data that cover 87 to 121 countries (per year) between 1984 and 2007. Following a grievance-based explanation of violent intrastate conflict, we argue that corruption increases the risk of large-scale ethnic violence, as it creates distortions in the political decision-making process which lead to a deepening of political and economic inequalities between different ethnic groups. The positive effect of corruption on the risk of ethnic civil war is robust to various model specifications, including the interaction between corruption and natural resource wealth.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	corruption,informal political institutions,political exclusion,civil wars,ethnic violence,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > The State, Governance and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network
Related URLs:	http://cps.sagepub.com/content/47/13/185...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2015 10:20
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2023 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51781
DOI:	10.1177/0010414013516919

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