Applying the Unified Instrumental Model of Group Conflict to Understanding Ethnic Conflict and Violence: The Case of Sudan

Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations: Why Neighbors Kill

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 223-243

  Esses, Victoria M ^a   Jackson, Lynne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applying unified instrumental model of group conflict; Attempts to reduce group competition; Ideologies related to group dominance and cultural worldviews; Negative consequences of globalization; Perceived competition with outgroups; Relevant outgroup; Situational factors; Strategies for change; Unified Instrumental Model of Group Conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889397807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303056.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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