Majority backlashes against minority accommodation: Drivers, consequences, and policy implications — SPSA 2021
Paper examining the conditions under which majority groups backlash against policies of minority accommodation, and what this means for ethnic conflict.
February 4, 2021
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At SPSA 2021 (online, February 4–5), I presented this paper analyzing when and why majority communities resist or react against policies designed to accommodate ethnic minorities. I examined the downstream consequences of such backlashes for political stability, arguing that they constitute a distinct and undertheorized pathway to renewed ethnic conflict.