Ethnic Defection in Civil War
Ethnic Defection in Civil War
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内战中的种族叛逃
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2008
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S. Kalyvas
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S. Kalyvas
种族研究以建构主义方法为主，但内战的实证研究却忽视了它们的见解。在本文中，作者研究了种族认同与内战之间的关系，并指出了内战中种族认同行为表达流动性的几个经验实例。作者指出了两个与建构主义理论一致的过程：身份转变和种族叛逃。作者提供了一些实证例证，并对种族叛逃的决定因素进行了微观层面的检验。在微观层面上，种族叛逃的最佳预测是通过现任政治行为者行使的领土控制范围和先前叛乱暴力的程度。作者还假设，在宏观层面上，种族叛逃是现有行为者可用资源的函数，并最后强调需要认真对待内战的内生动力。
The study of ethnicity is dominated by constructivist approaches, yet empirical studies of civil war have been oblivious to their insights. In this article, the author examines the relationship between ethnic identity and civil war and points to several empirical instances of fluidity in the behavioral expression of ethnic identities within civil war. The author identifies two processes that are consistent with constructivist theorizing: identity shift and ethnic defection. The author provides several empirical illustrations along with a micro-level test of the determinants of ethnic defection. At the micro level, ethnic defection is best predicted by the extent of territorial control exercised by the incumbent political actor and the level of prior insurgent violence. The author also hypothesizes that at the macro level, ethnic defection is a function of the resources available to incumbent actors and conclude by stressing the need to take seriously the endogenous dynamics of civil wars.