Party Ideologies and Political Polarization-Driven Conflicts: A Study of the Global SouthShreyansh Padarhahttps://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02004 https://
Party Ideologies and Political Polarization-Driven Conflicts: A Study of the Global SouthPost-World War II armed conflicts have often been viewed with higher scrutiny in order to avoid a full-scale global war. This scrutiny has led to the establishment of determinants of war such as poverty, inequalities, literacy, and many more. There is a gap that exists in probing countries in the Global South for political party fragmentation and examining ideology-driven polarization's effect on armed conflicts. This paper fills this gap by asking the question: How does political identity-indu…