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The pacifying effects of local religious institutions: an analysis of communal violence in Indonesia
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Abstract This paper tests whether local religious institutions have a dampening effect on the probability of communal violence.
It argues that a dense layer of institutions strengthens horizontal and vertical contacts and networks within religious
communities. Horizontal linkages help to bridge social, eco... view more
This paper tests whether local religious institutions have a dampening effect on the probability of communal violence.
It argues that a dense layer of institutions strengthens horizontal and vertical contacts and networks within religious
communities. Horizontal linkages help to bridge social, economic, and ethnic divisions. Vertical contacts enable religious
leaders to stay informed about communal grievances among their followers and to coordinate conflict resolution
attempts. In our analysis of more than 60,000 villages in Indonesia, we are able to document a statistically significant
and substantively meaningful negative effect of the density of local religious institutions on the probability of mass
fighting. This effect is robust to the inclusion of an exhaustive list of confounding variables and alternative measures
of violence. We present additional evidence that this pacifying effect of religious institutions is weaker or absent in
conflicts that evolve along explicitly religious cleavages.... view less
Keywords
mediation; Indonesia; ethnic relations; conflict management; Southeast Asia; religion; religious community; institutionalization; developing country
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
local religious institutions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 211-224
Journal
Political Research Quarterly, 68 (2015) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912915578460
ISSN
1938-274X
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.