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Laia Balcells, José Fernández-Albertos, Alexander Kuo
2021
2021
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Balcells, L., Fernández-Albertos, J., & Kuo, A. (2021). Secession and social polarization: Evidence from Catalonia.
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Balcells, Laia, José Fernández-Albertos, and Alexander Kuo. “Secession and Social Polarization: Evidence from Catalonia” (2021).
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Balcells, Laia, et al. Secession and Social Polarization: Evidence from Catalonia. 2021.
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@article{laia2021a,
title = {Secession and social polarization: Evidence from Catalonia},
year = {2021},
author = {Balcells, Laia and Fernández-Albertos, José and Kuo, Alexander}
}
Abstract
Does secessionism lead to social polarization? Despite much research on independence movements, their relationship to polarization, a key mechanism theorized as increasing the chances of violent conflict, remains less understood. We argue that secessionist conflicts can polarize along both policy and ethnic group lines even when they take the form of non-violent disputes. However, polarization does not necessarily lead to violence.
