Whereas the cause of civil war violence has often been attributed to institutional factors such as democratic deficits, Vogt boldly argues-on the basis of new cross-national data at a global scale, as well as a number of African and Latin American case studies-that its roots instead derive from the internal colonialism of settler colonies. This book gives new life to structural explanations of intergroup violence.
Manuel Vogt is Associate Professor of Political Science at University College London (UCL). His research and teaching interests stand at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, with a particular focus on contentious politics in developing countries. His work is informed by both quantitative and qualitative methods and draws on profound regional expertise acquired, above all, through field research in both Latin America
(Guatemala and Ecuador) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon).