Horizontal Inequalities & Conflict
Subtitle: Understanding Group Violence in Multiethnic Societies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780230516809
Subjects: Multicultural studies; Social groups & communities; Violence in society; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Ethnic conflict; Social conflict; Violence
Description: "Drawing on quantitative and qualitative research, this book shows that horizontal inequalities among religous or ethnic groups, in political, social, economic or cultural dimensions, are an important catalyst of violent conflict in multiethnic societies."--Jacket.