Fighting to Win! How Discrimination Capacity Affects Parties' Decision to Commit Pre-Election Violence

• In Event: JSS: Theories of Conflict

Brief Overview

Why do political parties commit pre-election violence only in some districts? I resolve contradictory findings regarding whether violence takes place in strongholds or competitive districts via a formal model.

Author

• Tolgahan Dilgin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign