When do religious minorities' grievances lead to peaceful or violent protest?: Evidence from Canada’s Jewish and Muslim communities

Previous research has shown that minority grievances can contribute significantly to violent conflict. However, it appears that grievances do not inevitably induce religious and other minorities to engage in protest or rebellion. Moreover, relative deprivation may explain conflict but not necessaril...

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Auteurs: Huber, Christopher (Auteur) ; Basedau, Matthias 1968- (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Herausgebendes Organ (Organisme émetteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Hamburg German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien September 2018
Dans: GIGA working papers (no 313 (September 2018))
Année: 2018
Collection/Revue:GIGA working papers no 313 (September 2018)
GIGA Research Programme: Peace and Security
Sujets non-standardisés:B Juifs
B Kanada
B Minorité
B Littérature grise
B grievances
B violent resistance
B Musulman
B Groupe démographique
B Identité religieuse
B Mouvement de protestation
B Discrimination
B Pratique politique
B Religious Minorities
B Cause
B peaceful protest
B Comportement social
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Résumé:Previous research has shown that minority grievances can contribute significantly to violent conflict. However, it appears that grievances do not inevitably induce religious and other minorities to engage in protest or rebellion. Moreover, relative deprivation may explain conflict but not necessarily violent conflict. Contributing to research on these questions, this paper explores the conditions under which the grievances of religious minorities lead to non‐violent or violent protest. Using a motive‐opportunity framework, we assume that members of religious minorities who feel discriminated against must be willing and able to engage in peaceful and violent forms of protest - and that certain conditions are required for grievances to result in peaceful or violent dissent. We test this proposition by comparing the Jewish and Muslim communities in Canada. Our findings indicate that relative economic and political deprivation may create concrete grievances that in combination with origin-based value incompatibilities can explain differences in behaviour in reaction to these grievances.
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Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10419/182233