Communal violence requires a prior existence of radicalism. The chapter shows that the degree of extremism of one group can increase or decrease in response to that of the other. Lootable wealth unambiguously raises radicalism. It is not the absolute level of income but the difference between peacetime income and that of conflict periods that determines the magnitude of radicalism.

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Murshed, S., & Mahmud, A. S. (2011). A Model of Sectarian Violence. In ISS Staff Group 1: Economics of Sustainable Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/26648