Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security

Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict

    Authors:
  • Daniel Arnon
  • Richard J. McAlexander
  • Michael A. Rubin
| Winter 2022/23

Summary

Mass killing in wartime generates civilian displacement, refugee flows, and humanitarian crises. Civilians in war zones such as Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine face the dilemma of whether to flee imminent military violence or remain. Understanding the decision to stay or go is critical to confronting current and future civilian crises. Analysis of the previously restricted Zionist “Village Files,” a survey of Arab Palestinian communities conducted in the 1940s, shows that the key reason why communities flee is social cohesion. 

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Daniel Arnon, Richard J. McAlexander, and Michael A. Rubin, "Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict," International Security 47, no. 3 (Winter 2022/23): 52–94, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00452.

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Daniel Arnon

Richard J. McAlexander

Michael A. Rubin

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