The timing of ethnic conflict onsets

What is it about?

The paper examines why some ethnic groups rebel when a state is in its infancy, others wait for long periods before mobilizing, and still others don’t mobilize at all.

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Why is it important?

The paper unpacks the causal mechanisms behind the well-documented inverse relationship between the age of a state and its propensity to experience ethnic conflict. It has important implications for how new multi-ethnic states like South Sudan can achieve political stability.