Comparative Study on Formation and Transformation of Civilian Identity in Civil War

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K17000
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: University of Niigata Prefecture
• Principal Investigator: Kubota Yuichi 新潟県立大学, 国際地域学部, 講師 (40710075)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 内戦 / 市民アイデンティティ / スリランカ / インドネシア・アチェ州 / パキスタン・連邦直轄部族地域

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project aimed to theorize and empirically analyze the formation and transformation of civilian identity in civil war. In particular, focusing on 1) wartime experience of civilians and 2) territorial control by rebel organizations, it attempted to answer the question of why civilians' sense of belonging to the state weakens and that to sociopolitical groups (e.g., ethnicity) strengthens in some cases of civil war (but not in other cases). To systematically collect and analyze data on civil-military relations, I conducted questionnaire surveys in the northern and eastern regions in Sri Lanka, Aceh Province in Indonesia, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan.

Free Research Field

比較政治学、国際関係論