Refugees &amp; Violent Group Grievance

Jason Christensen

doi:10.12924/johs2018.14010013

Abstract

Do refugee inflows have an effect on state fragility? In this article I examine whether refugee inflows, commonly associated in the literature with economic and cultural pressures, result in a more fragile state by means of increased violent group grievance. Violent group grievance captures a distinct form of intrastate violence, specifically small-scale hate crimes and ethnic group clashes associated with powerlessness and discrimination. The main hypothesis in this paper is that refugee inflows may increase violent group grievance. I examine the effect of refugee inflows on the level of domestic violent group grievance using quantitative analyses based on original large-N datasets and cross-sectional longitudinal models to fill gaps in the literature on state fragility. This study controls for alternative explanations and covers the time period between 2006 and 2014. The analysis results confirm the main hypothesis of this paper.

Highlights

This measure of violence captures “ethnic clashes” such as hate crimes or intrastate conflicts at-Do refugee inflows have an effect on state fragility? In tributable to discrimination
Do refugee inflows have an effect on state fragility? In this article I examine whether refugee inflows, commonly associated in the literature with economic and cultural pressures, result in a more fragile state by means of increased violent group grievance
Violent group grievance captures a distinct form of intrastate violence, small-scale hate crimes and ethnic group clashes associated with powerlessness and discrimination

Summary

Introduction

This measure of violence captures “ethnic clashes” such as hate crimes or intrastate conflicts at-Do refugee inflows have an effect on state fragility? In tributable to discrimination. In this article I examine whether refugee inflows, commonly associated in the literature with economic and cultural pressures, result in a more fragile state by means of increased violent group grievance.

Results

Conclusion