TY - CHAP AB - Communal violence requires a prior existence of radicalism. The chapter shows that the degree of extremism of one group can increase or decrease in response to that of the other. Lootable wealth unambiguously raises radicalism. It is not the absolute level of income but the difference between peacetime income and that of conflict periods that determines the magnitude of radicalism. VL - 17 SN - 978-1-78052-131-2, 978-1-78052-130-5/1572-8323 DO - 10.1108/S1572-8323(2011)0000017007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2011)0000017007 AU - Saber Mahmud Ahmed AU - Mansoob Murshed Syed ED - Raul Caruso PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - A Model of Sectarian Violence T2 - Ethnic Conflict, Civil War and Cost of Conflict T3 - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 51 EP - 68 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -