Ethnicity, Political Leaders and Violence
This study presents the first in a series of case studies on ethnically charged situations that could potentially give rise to violent conflict. Using process tracing, the present paper seeks to explain the non‐occurrence of ethnic violence in the aftermath of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al‐Hariri in February 2005. Initial results indicate that political actors were keenly aware of ethnicity as a mobilizing instrument, but had neither a need nor an incentive for escalation.
Krebs, Lutz F. 2007. “Ethnicity, Political Leaders and Violence.”
@article{ethnicity-political-leaders-and-violence,
title = {Ethnicity, Political Leaders and Violence},
author = {Krebs, Lutz F.},
publisher = {Prepared for presentation at the 6th Pan-European International Relations Conference, Torino, Italy, September 12-15, 2007},
year = {2007},
abstract = {This study presents the first in a series of case studies on ethnically charged situations that could potentially give rise to violent conflict. Using process tracing, the present paper seeks to explain the non-occurrence of ethnic violence in the aftermath of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri in February 2005. Initial results indicate that political actors were keenly aware of ethnicity as a mobilizing instrument, but had neither a need nor an incentive for escalation.},
URL = {http://www.icr.ethz.ch/publications/krebs2007ethnicity.pdf}
}