Informal institutions — family and kinship structures,traditions, and social norms — not only matter for development, but they are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes in environments of weak states and poor governance structures. Based on concrete examples in the areas of...

In den letzten Jahren hat Mobile Analytics als eine Erscheinungsform von Big Data auf Grund der zunehmenden Nutzung von mobilen Endgeräten und mobilen Applikationen an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Analyse mobiler Daten ist daher aus verschiedenen Gründen seitens der Unternehmen erforderlich und...

This article introduces GeoEPR, a geocoded version of the Ethnic Power Relations (EPR) dataset that charts politically relevant ethnic groups across space and time. We describe the dataset in detail, discuss its advantages and limitations, and use it in a replication of Cederman, Wimmer and...

The authors suggest a revision of the current strategy of reconstruction and peace-building in Afghanistan with reference to four points. (i) The programme of reconstruction should have a clear strategic focus and be designed as a state-building project. The main problem Afghanistan faces is the...

Previous studies of globalization’s effects on women’s rights have mostly focused on employment and wage ratios, but even if women’s earnings improve, they might suffer greater exploitation at work and at home. Further, these studies use general measures of a country’s openness to trade...

The authors address the question of state militarization under conditions of ethnic and other diversity. "Primordialist" claims about ancient hatreds, fear, and insecurity in such societies would lead one to expect that fractionalization, polarization, and ethno-nationalist exclusion would...