Open Access BASE2016
Crisis Prevention: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities
In: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c4d1275a-8ed9-4515-b2e0-44ecd63be570
Abstract
This paper analyses the economic and social causes of conflict, drawing conclusions for conflict prevention. Civil wars normally occur when groups mobilize against each other, on the basis of some cultural characteristic like ethnicity or religion. It is suggested that horizontal inequalities, i.e. inequalities among groups in political, economic and social dimensions, provide the basis for inter group animosity. Policies to limit excessive horizontal inequalities are needed in all vulnerable countries.
Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
Oxford Department of International Development
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