An empirical regularity has time and again confronted scholars of ethnic conflict. Despite ethnic diversity, some places — nations, regions, towns, villages — remain peaceful, whereas others with the same diversity experience frequent outbursts of violence. Similarly, some multiethnic societies, after maintaining a long record of peace, explode all of a sudden. Scholars have sought […]
Ashutosh Varshney
Ashutosh Varshney is the Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and professor of political science at Brown University.