Violence and Opportunity: Secessionist Studies amidst the Hegemonic Shocks

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

Brief Overview

This paper examines whether major international upheavals, or hegemonic shocks, increase the likelihood that secessionist movements begin with violence, using data on 345 movements around the world from 1900 to 2011.

Author

• Zahra Umniati, University of Edinburgh