Conflict Traps

Conflict Traps is a theoretical framework in the study of communal riots that identifies self-reinforcing mechanisms through which recurring violence and institutional failure perpetuate intergroup hostilities, distinguishing it from static conflict models by emphasizing dynamic, path-dependent cycles of escalation and entrenchment.

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39

Authors

23

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Authors

39

  1. JD
    John Darby

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 332 citations

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  2. EC
    Ed Cairns

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 268 citations

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  3. JC
    Jeffrey C. Alexander

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 70 citations

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  4. RW
    Ronnie Wilson

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  5. IC
    Ipsita Chatterjee

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  1. Journal of Peace Research

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 154 citations

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  3. Foreign Affairs

    2 publications · 129 citations

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  4. Journal of Conflict Resolution

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  5. American Psychologist

    2 publications · 221 citations

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