TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - How exposure to violence affects ethnic voting
JO  - British journal of political science
A1  - Hadzic, Dino
A1  - Carlson, David
A1  - Tavits, Margit
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
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N2  - How does wartime exposure to ethnic violence affect the political preferences of ordinary citizens? Are high-violence communities more or less likely to reject the politicization of ethnicity post-war? We argue that community-level experience with wartime violence solidifies ethnic identities, fosters intra-ethnic cohesion and increases distrust toward non-co-ethnics, thereby making ethnic parties the most attractive channels of representation and contributing to the politicization of ethnicity. Employing data on wartime casualties at the community level and pre- as well as post-war election results in Bosnia, we find strong support for this argument. The findings hold across a number of robustness checks. Using post-war survey data, we also provide evidence that offers suggestive support for the proposed causal mechanism.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007123417000448
ID  - ref1
ER  -