Author(s): Wimmer, Andreas; Cederman, Lars-Erik; Min, Brian

Abstract: Quantitative scholarship on civil wars has long debated whether ethnic diversity breeds armed conflict. We go beyond this debate and show that highly diverse societies are not more conflict prone.…

Pp: 316-337Publication: American Sociological ReviewbrPublished: 2009Published date: April 1, 2009Vol: 74Issue: 2DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400208URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240907400208Publication: American Sociological Review

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