Human Conflict Panel: Ethnicity or Economics?
476 views · Published 10 May 2013 · 12:23 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: Science Magazine · 2013 · Science & Technology
Conflicts between states are on the decline, but that downswing in violence is opposed by an upswing in intra-state violence, conflict within nations. New research has exposed that some of these conflicts that were once considered economic are actually ethnic in nature and vice versa, suggesting that a better understanding of these areas of friction might prevent violence. This video is part two of a Google+ Hangout with panelists Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University, Debraj Ray of New York University, and Richard J. Crisp of the University of Kent. Science (www.sciencemag.org) is the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary. For more original videos, check out the Science Video Portal (video.sciencemag.org).
