RT Article
T1 Disputes over the divine: introducing the religion and armed conflict (RELAC) data, 1975 to 2015
JF The journal of conflict resolution
VO 62
IS 5
SP 1127
OP 1148
A1 Svensson, Isak 1974-
A1 Nilsson, Desirée
LA English
PB Sage Publications
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1577722876
AB This article introduces the Religion and Armed Conflict (RELAC) data, 1975 to 2015, which is a new data set suitable for analyzing the causes, dynamics, and resolution of religious conflicts. It contains information about key religious dimensions of conflicts: whether the issue at stake is religious, the actors’ religious identity, and fine-grained data about the type and salience of religious claims. The article presents the major features of the data set and describes patterns and trends that shed new light on religious conflicts, for example, by demonstrating that conflicts over Islamist claims have become more prevalent. We also illustrate the utility of the data. For instance, we show that there is great variation in lethality across conflicts with different types of Islamist claims, thereby offering a more nuanced understanding of the deadliness of religious conflicts. RELAC should be a valuable resource for scholars, examining religious dimensions of intrastate armed conflicts.
NO Literaturverzeichnis Seite 1146-1148
K1 Bewaffneter Konflikt
K1 Religion
K1 Religiöser Konflikt
K1 Gewalt
K1 Statistische Datenbank
K1 Militanter Islam
K1 Militant Islam
K1 Erde
DO 10.1177/0022002717737057