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E pluribus unum, ex uno plures: Competition, violence, and fragmentation in ethnopolitical movements
The research examines why some ethnopolitical movements are fragmented while others are unified, using a dataset of self-determination movements and a case study of Punjab, India. The authors find that competitive dynamics—specifically state repression, the accommodation of demands, the onset of civil war, and diversifying political demands—significantly increase movement fragmentation. While transnational factors like foreign fighters and mediation also contribute to division during wartime, structural factors such as linguistic sub-cleavages and geographic dispersion showed no significant correlation. The Punjab case study illustrates how events like Operation Bluestar and the failed Rajiv-Longowal Accord triggered proliferation of militant and political organizations.
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Document type: Research paper