Artificial Borders and Mass Violence: How Colonial Legacies Fuel Ethnic and Religious Strife
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Nathan Gonzalez
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Spiegel, Steven L.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, Los Angeles
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
204
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Dekmejian, Richard H.; Larson, Deborah; Rapoport, David C.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-42506-2
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Political Science
Body granting the degree
University of California, Los Angeles
Text preceding or following the note
2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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For some time scholars and policy observers alike have suggested that 'artificial,' or foreign-drawn borders, are in fact to blame for ethnic conflicts in postcolonial states. So far, however, there has been no empirical evidence to support this assertion. This dissertation's contributions are twofold. First, I provide the first empirical evidence linking foreign-drawn borders with ethnic civil war outbreak, one-sided government violence against civilians, and foreign military intervention. Second, the dissertation provides a refined theory of forced cohabitation as a framework for understanding the relationships between these seemingly unconnected correlations.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle Eastern Studies; North African Studies; Peace Studies; Political science; Criminology
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Arab springs;Colonial legacy;Demonstrations;Mass violence;Religion