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Breaking the "insecurity trap"? : How violence and counter-violence are perpetuated in elite power struggles

Mehler, Andreas - 2008

Half a century after independence, African elites, at least those in conflict-ridden countries, often live in constant fear for their life. Real or invented coup attempts, political assassinations, beatings of opposition leaders, the distribution of death lists, etc. have a profoundly...

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Religious peace activism : the rational element of religious elites' decision-making processes

Vüllers, Johannes - 2010

Religiöse Eliten engagieren sich in vielen Gewaltkonflikten für Frieden. Normative Rechtfertigungen für ihr Verhalten können dies oftmals jedoch nur unzureichend erklären. Zur Identifizierung von Faktoren für ein Friedensengagement rationaler religiöser Eliten stützen sich die Autoren...

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Reshaping political space? : The impact of the armed insurgency in the Central African Republic on political parties and representation

Mehler, Andreas - 2009

This paper analyzes the declining importance of political parties in the Central African Republic (CAR). It argues that the problematic attitude of elites who are fluctuating between violent and peaceful behavior in order to further their own careers is jeopardizing both peace and democracy. The...

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Fighting for a kingdom of God? : The role of religion in the Ivorian crisis

Vüllers, Johannes - 2011

This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d'Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and as a social force that is mobilizable by religious...

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International sanctions against Iran under president Ahmadinejad : explaining regime persistence

Borszik, Oliver - 2014

This paper seeks to explain how Iran's regime persisted in the face of international sanctions during Mahmud …

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Oil-rent boom in Iran?

Beck, Martin - 2009

Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt die Frage nach den Auswirkungen des seit 2003 hohen Erdölpreises in Iran. Theoretisch … finanziert werden konnte. Ahmadinejad verfehlte es allerdings, Iran für den Fall zu rüsten, der durch die globale Finanzkrise … 75 Iran angesichts der hohen Kosten der redistributiven Politik vor ernsthafte haushaltspolitische Herausforderungen …

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Iran's oil wealth : treasure and trouble for the Shah's regime ; a context-sensitive analysis of the ambivalent impact of resource abundance

Shabafrouz, Miriam - 2009

regime. -- Iran ; oil ; revolution ; resource curse ; rentier state theory ; context approach …

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Machtquelle Erdöl : die Außen-, Innen- und Wirtschaftspolitik von Erdölstaaten

Basedau, Matthias (ed.); Kappel, Robert (ed.) - 2011 - 1. Auflage

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Revisiting the resource-conflict link : a systematic comparative test of causal mechanisms in four major oil-exporting countries

Basedau, Matthias - 2011

major oil exporters (Algeria, Iran, Nigeria, and Venezuela) with differing levels of internal violence. To capture the …

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