讲座题目：Local Religious Institutions and the Impact of Inter-Ethnic Inequality on Conflict

主讲人：魏英杰  国际与公共事务学院讲师

主持人：谢   岳  国际与公共事务学院教授、比较政治系主任

讲座时间：2018年6月8日  周五  12：00—13：30

讲座地点：上海交通大学徐汇校区新建楼239会议室

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主讲人简介：

魏英杰，上海交通大学国际与公共事务学院讲师，毕业于香港中文大学。他的研究兴趣包括族群政治、内战与国家能力建构。他的文章发表在《国际政治研究》、《学海》、《International Study Quarterly》、《China Review》上。

讲座梗概：

Grievances caused by between-group inequalities provide motivations for the disadvantaged group to revolt; but whether such motivations would translate into violence depends on the ways by which religious institutions bridge local population and the government. Religious institutions could help the disadvantaged group to overcome the collective action problem, therefore increase chances of conflict. However, they can also reduce violence by providing local public goods and by bridging local population and the government with information flows. We treat Xinjiang, China as a test case, using a unique county-level database of ethnic violent incidents. We measure local horizontal inequalities using education indicators from census data and the strength of religious institutions using local mosque density. We find a conflict-dampening effect of religious institutions: a higher level of inter-ethnic inequality is associated with increased ethnic violence only in areas with low and medium levels of mosque density.（合作作者：Xun Cao, Haiyan Duan, Chuyu Liu, Yingjie Wei）