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Summary of General Discussion on “The Dynamics of Conflict in Southern Thailand”

Summary of General Discussion on “The Dynamics of Conflict in Southern Thailand” General Discussion Summary of General Discussion on “The Dynamics of Conflict in Southern Thailand” Eric Jonasson remarked on the unexpected effect of unemployment on violence found in the paper. Jonasson questioned if unemployment is a meaningful measure for a developing country and suggested the authors use per capita income of the household instead. Jonasson also thought it would be interesting to see how the concentration of violence is correlated with population density. Finally, he thought that the trust variable did not change much over time or space, which, in turn, could explain the lack of signiªcant results for this variable. Liming Wang believed that quantitative analysis on these issues usually does not reveal much and wondered if it would be possible to compare the situation in Southern Thailand with the conºict in Northern Ireland. Stefan Collignon thought that trust in military or policy could be related to family experience. A measure of family links could also be useful to understand the spread of violence. Anne Booth agreed and added the example of Indonesia, where family tradition has showed to be important to explain involvement in terrorist activity. Fredrik Sjöholm believed that socioeconomic factors are likely to inºuence the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Economic Papers MIT Press

Summary of General Discussion on “The Dynamics of Conflict in Southern Thailand”

Asian Economic Papers , Volume 13 (3) – Oct 1, 2014

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MIT Press
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© 2014 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ISSN
1535-3516
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1536-0083
DOI
10.1162/ASEP_a_00306
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General Discussion Summary of General Discussion on “The Dynamics of Conflict in Southern Thailand” Eric Jonasson remarked on the unexpected effect of unemployment on violence found in the paper. Jonasson questioned if unemployment is a meaningful measure for a developing country and suggested the authors use per capita income of the household instead. Jonasson also thought it would be interesting to see how the concentration of violence is correlated with population density. Finally, he thought that the trust variable did not change much over time or space, which, in turn, could explain the lack of signiªcant results for this variable. Liming Wang believed that quantitative analysis on these issues usually does not reveal much and wondered if it would be possible to compare the situation in Southern Thailand with the conºict in Northern Ireland. Stefan Collignon thought that trust in military or policy could be related to family experience. A measure of family links could also be useful to understand the spread of violence. Anne Booth agreed and added the example of Indonesia, where family tradition has showed to be important to explain involvement in terrorist activity. Fredrik Sjöholm believed that socioeconomic factors are likely to inºuence the

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Asian Economic PapersMIT Press

Published: Oct 1, 2014

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