‘Wars of others’: national cleavages and attitudes toward external conflicts

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buir.contributor.authorTokdemir, Efe
dc.citation.epage986en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber6en_US
dc.citation.spage953en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber46en_US
dc.contributor.authorTokdemir, Efe
dc.contributor.authorAkçınaroğlu, S.
dc.contributor.authorÖzen, H. E.
dc.contributor.authorKarakoç, E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-17T12:25:19Z
dc.date.available2021-02-17T12:25:19Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.description.abstractWhy do individuals sympathize with others’ wars, an antecedent of the decision to become a foreign fighter? By collecting original public opinion data from Lebanon, in 2015, and Turkey in 2017, about the actors of conflict in Syria, we test the argument that an ethno-religious cleavage at home shapes the proclivity of individuals to support others’ wars. Individuals may perceive a war abroad as endangering political and social balance of power at home – and hence own survival. Therefore, when transnational identities map onto a national cleavage, as in the Sunni–Shia cleavage in Lebanon, and Turk – Kurd cleavage in Turkey, individuals are more disposed to show sympathy for others’ wars both to help their kin and to protect the balance of power at home. Our findings imply that efforts to end the trend toward citizens becoming foreign fighters must start at home by mending the relations between ethnic and religious groups.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03050629.2020.1792898en_US
dc.identifier.issn0305-0629
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/75406
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2020.1792898en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Interactionsen_US
dc.subjectCivil waren_US
dc.subjectTransnational identityen_US
dc.subjectPublic supporten_US
dc.subjectMiddle Easten_US
dc.title‘Wars of others’: national cleavages and attitudes toward external conflictsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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