Explaining Out-Group Bias in Weak States: Religion and Legibility in the 1891/1892 Russian Famine — CORRIGENDUM

IF 4.5 1区 社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Volha Charnysh
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Abstract

Two dominant explanations for ethnic bias in distributional outcomes are electoral incen- tives and out-group prejudice. This article proposes a novel and complementaryexplanation for the phenomenon: variation in legibility across ethnic groups. The author argues that states will allocate fewer resources to groups from which they cannot gather accurate information or collect taxes. The argument is supported by original data on state aid from the 1891/1892 famine in the Russian Empire. Qualitative and quantitative analyses show that districts with a larger Muslim population experienced higher famine mortality and received less generous public assistance. The Muslims, historically ruled via religious intermediaries, were less legible to state of fi cials and generated lower fi scal revenues. State of fi - cials could not count on the repayment of food loans or collect tax arrears from Muslim communes, so they were more likely to withhold aid. State relief did not vary with the presence of other minorities that were more legible and generated more revenue.
解读弱势国家的群体偏见:1891/1892年俄罗斯饥荒中的宗教与合法性——CORRIGENDUM
对分配结果中种族偏见的两种主要解释是选举动机和群体外偏见。本文对这一现象提出了一种新颖的补充解释:族群间的易读性差异。作者认为,各州将分配更少的资源给那些它们无法从中收集准确信息或征税的群体。这一论点得到了1891/1892年俄罗斯帝国饥荒期间国家援助的原始数据的支持。定性和定量分析表明,穆斯林人口较多的地区饥荒死亡率较高,得到的公共援助较少。历史上通过宗教中介进行统治的穆斯林,对国家官员来说不太容易辨认,财政收入也较低。政府官员不能指望穆斯林社区偿还粮食贷款或征收欠税,因此他们更有可能扣留援助。国家救济并不因其他少数民族的存在而有所不同,这些少数民族更容易辨认,产生更多的收入。
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World Politics
World Politics Multiple-
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期刊介绍: World Politics, founded in 1948, is an internationally renowned quarterly journal of political science published in both print and online versions. Open to contributions by scholars, World Politics invites submission of research articles that make theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature, review articles, and research notes bearing on problems in international relations and comparative politics. The journal does not publish articles on current affairs, policy pieces, or narratives of a journalistic nature. Articles submitted for consideration are unsolicited, except for review articles, which are usually commissioned. Published for the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Affairs
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