TY - JOUR
T1 - Population pressure, horizontal inequality and political violence : a disaggregated study of Indonesian provinces, 1990-2003
AU - Ostby, Gudrun
AU - Urdal, Henrik
AU - Tadjoeddin, Mohammad Zulfan
AU - Murshed, S. Mansoob
AU - Strand, Havard
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - All parts of a country are rarely equally affected by political violence. Yet statistical studies largely fail to address sub-national conflict dynamics. We address this gap studying variations in 'routine' and 'episodic' violence between Indonesian provinces from 1990 to 2003. Within a grievance framework, the article focuses on the violence potential of resource scarcity and population pressure, as well as inter-group dynamics related to polarisation and horizontal inequality. Demographic pressure and inequality seem to have little effect in isolation. However, in provinces where population growth is high, greater levels of inequality between religious groups appear to increase the violence risk.
AB - All parts of a country are rarely equally affected by political violence. Yet statistical studies largely fail to address sub-national conflict dynamics. We address this gap studying variations in 'routine' and 'episodic' violence between Indonesian provinces from 1990 to 2003. Within a grievance framework, the article focuses on the violence potential of resource scarcity and population pressure, as well as inter-group dynamics related to polarisation and horizontal inequality. Demographic pressure and inequality seem to have little effect in isolation. However, in provinces where population growth is high, greater levels of inequality between religious groups appear to increase the violence risk.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/536446
U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2010.506911
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2010.506911
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 47
SP - 377
EP - 398
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 3
ER -