Shoot a Stranger, Save a Neighbor: Civilian & Combatant Networks Under Fire

• In Event: Peacekeeping and Helping Each Other During Wartime

Brief Overview

Why do people help members of other groups during repression, genocide, and civil war? Using Bosnian census data, interviews, and the first survey on rescuing in a post-conflict state, I show how prewar social networks shape cross-group assistance.

Author

• Matthew David Simonson, Northeastern University