“To Halve and to Hold”: Conflicts over Sacred Space and the Problem of Indivisibility

Hassner, Ron E.

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“…Especially the latter aspect also limits the range of acceptable bargains over territory. Indigenous territory might take on features of "indivisibility" (Hassner, 2003)-for both sides, indigenous groups and the state.…”

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“…From the perspective of indigenous groups, natural resource extraction becomes associated with economic survival and issues of ownership over traditional homelands. Indigenous claims over territory create issues of indivisibility in the sense that mechanisms of territorial distribution become at least sharply limited (Hassner, 2003;Toft, 2002). 7 Although issues of indivisibility also may hold true for ethnic and indigenous groups in non-resource rich regions (Toft, 2002), we argue that resource extraction intensifies the probability of contention, as it implies an additional concrete contestation over territory in the context of new intruding actors (state or multinational companies), which otherwise would not have been present.…”

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Indigenous Identity, Natural Resources, and Contentious Politics in Bolivia

Mähler

Pierskalla

2014

Comparative Political Studies

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How do natural resources and ethnic identity interact to incite or to mitigate social conflict? This article argues that high-value natural resources can act as an important catalyst for the politicization of ethnic, specifically indigenous identity, and contribute to social conflict as they limit the malleability of identity frames and raise the stakes of confrontations. We test this argument using unique sub-national data from Bolivian provinces. Drawing on Bolivian newspaper reports, we code conflict events for all of the 112 provinces from 2000 to 2011. We join this conflict data with information on local ethnic composition from the census, the political representation of ethnic groups at the national level, as well as geo-spatial information on gas deposits. Using time-series cross-sectional count models, we show a significant conflict-promoting effect of the share of indigenous people in provinces with gas reserves, but not without.

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Section: Natural Resources As Catalyst For Indigenous Mobilizationmentioning

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Indigenous Identity, Natural Resources, and Contentious Politics in Bolivia

Mähler

Pierskalla

2014

Comparative Political Studies

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“…the belief that a good cannot be substituted or exchanged for something of comparable value. For a definition of indivisibility that includes nonfungibility (see Hassner, 2003).…”

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Which Synthesis? Strategies of Theoretical Integration and the Neorealist-Neoliberal Debate

Andreatta

Koenig‐Archibugi

2010

International Political Science Review

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Despite growing interest in the promises and problems of theoretical synthesis among political scientists, frameworks for assessing the potential advantages of different pathways to theoretical integration are scarce. We build on the conceptualization of alternative strategies for synthesis proposed by Jupille, Caporaso, and Checkel and assess the implications of two criteria — parsimony and empirical fit — for understanding the relationship between two influential strands of international relations theory, neorealism and neoliberalism. Neorealists present concerns about relative gains as evidence of the limited scope of the neoliberal theory of international cooperation. We argue that, on the contrary, neoliberalism provides theoretical tools that are indispensable to determine when and why relative-gains concerns thwart international cooperation, and that this provides a strong case for subsuming neorealism under neoliberalism in a parsimonious synthesis. We apply this framework to explain an empirical puzzle: why two arch-rival states — Austria and Prussia in the second half of the 18th century — succeeded in cooperating in some cases but failed in others.

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“…These characteristics can lead its inhabitants to explicitly relate to the territory, covering diverse features such as sacred rivers and mountains, the remains of the capital of a historical kingdom dominated by the ancestors of the group, the fundamental dependence on territory due to traditional, land-dependent lifestyles, as well as the loss of autonomy. Sacred places are found to be the only symbolically relevant areas qualifying as indivisible in conflicts (Hassner, 2003), but homeland territory shows similar tendencies toward indivisibility (Toft, 2006). Other scholars argue that there is no such thing as actual indivisibility.…”

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To Claim or Not to Claim? How Territorial Value Shapes Demands for Self-Determination

Kelle

2016

Comparative Political Studies

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The literature on nationalism and civil war provides compelling evidence that territory is highly identity-relevant and strongly associated with conflict. However, it remains unclear which territorial characteristics determine this process, and how groups demanding self-determination differ from their counterparts not seeking greater rights. I argue that groups claim self-rule if they assign symbolic relevance to their land in contrast to material or strategic value, due to the positive effect of symbolic attachments on group cohesion. I present new data on the value of territory and self-determination demands, and propose a new and comprehensive measure of symbolic territory. The findings reveal that variation in symbolic value shows a considerably stronger association with self-determination demands than material and strategic territory. This highlights new research avenues investigating the role of territorial value in subnational conflicts, as well as the systematic differences in conflict behavior between groups demanding self-rule and non-disputants.

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“To Halve and to Hold”: Conflicts over Sacred Space and the Problem of Indivisibility

Cited by 195 publications

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Indigenous Identity, Natural Resources, and Contentious Politics in Bolivia

Indigenous Identity, Natural Resources, and Contentious Politics in Bolivia

Which Synthesis? Strategies of Theoretical Integration and the Neorealist-Neoliberal Debate

To Claim or Not to Claim? How Territorial Value Shapes Demands for Self-Determination

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