Identities in Civil Conflict

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-15

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2. Introduction

   • Eva Bernauer

   Pages 17-22

3. "National Political Exclusion and Supportof Rebel Groups"

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Ethnic, Religious and Class-Based Civil Conflicts

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 25-40

   3. Favoritism and Conflict along Identity Lines

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 41-61

   4. Testing the Argument on Exclusion and Conflict

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 63-108

   5. A Model of Violent Political Competition

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 109-143

4. Transnational Support of Rebel Groups

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Ethnic, Religious and Class-Based Rebel Support

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 147-155

   3. Transnational Support Along Identity Lines

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 157-164

   4. Testing the Argument on Links and Conflict

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 165-188

   5. Conclusion

      • Eva Bernauer

      Pages 189-208

5. Back Matter

   Pages 209-246

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Eva Bernauer predicts civil conflicts based upon the political exclusion of identity groups and their transnational links to external governments. The innovation lies in a simultaneous consideration of three identities – ethnicity, religion, and class-based ideology – thus extending previous studies with merely an ethnic focus. Most importantly, such a perspective implies a shift towards a society’s unique three-dimensional identity setup, upon which the excluded population and their transnational links can be determined. The author presents original data on the three-dimensional identity setup for 57 countries and introduces a formal model where rebel leaders strategically use identities to garner the support of the population. Key quantities of interest, such as the largest excluded subgroup or the number of identity links to external governments, are tested in several quantitative analyses as predictors for the onset of civil conflicts. The author shows that there is an added valueof extending the mere ethnic perspective to also encompass religion and class-based ideology.  

• Civil war
• Ethnic conflict
• Class
• Transnational linkages
• Demography

• Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

  Eva Bernauer

Eva Bernauer received her doctor’s degree from the University of Mannheim.

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