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Saideman, Stephen., Lanoue, David., Cox, Amy. and Weeraratne, Suranjan. "Unpacking Institutions and Ethnic Conflict: Analyzing Democracy’s Influence on Different Forms of Communal Dissent" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61456_index.html>

Saideman, S. , Lanoue, D. , Cox, A. and Weeraratne, S. , 2004-09-02 "Unpacking Institutions and Ethnic Conflict: Analyzing Democracy’s Influence on Different Forms of Communal Dissent" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61456_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper considers the relationships between democracy and different forms of ethnic conflict. Only recently have scholars sought to unpack ethnic conflict and take seriously the variations in causes and dynamics of different forms of dissent. This article continues in this direction by considering how institutions interact with various kinds of ethnic strife, both to understand ethnic conflict in general and to consider more seriously the impact of democratic structures on communal conflict. We consider three different forms of ethnic conflict—protest, conflict among groups, and violence against the state. In particular, we focus on whether ethnic conflict rises or falls due to the dynamics of the election cycle. We perform analyses, using a time series-ed version of the Minorities at Risk Dataset from 1985-1998. We find that each form of dissent is, indeed, distinct, and that elections are not as destabilizing as expected. Indeed, some forms of conflict decline during elections. We discuss our results and the implications for broader debates about political institutions and ethnic conflict.

Electoral Institutions, Political Engagement, and Ethnic Identification in Africa: New Evidence for an Old Debate

Do economic, political and cultural differentials between different ethnic groups in a country cause protest, rebellion and communal conflict along ethnic lines?