Violence and Opportunity: Secessionist Studies amidst the Hegemonic Shocks

• In Event: Pandemic and Political Violence: How External and Internal Shocks Affect Conflicts

Brief Overview

It explores whether major international upheavals, or hegemonic shocks, make secessionist movements more likely to start with violence. Using data on 345 movements from 1900 to 2011, it finds that domestic factors matter far more than global events.

Author

• Zahra Umniati, University of Edinburgh