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Oligopolies of violence in post-conflict societies

Lambach, Daniel - 2007

where international troops have intervened. A comparison of seven countries shows that intervention forces were able to … market ; oligopoly of violence ; international intervention ; disarmament … cases where international troops have intervened. A comparison of seven countries shows that intervention forces were able …

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Assets, shocks, and poverty traps in rural Mozambique

Giesbert, Lena - 2010

Using a micro-level approach to poverty traps, this paper explores welfare dynamics among households in post-war rural Mozambique. Conceptually, the paper builds on an asset-based approach to poverty and tests empirically, with household panel data, for the existence of a poverty trap. Findings...

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Fuel for conflict or balm for peace? : Assessing the effects of hydrocarbons on peace efforts in Algeria

Shabafrouz, Miriam - 2010

This paper explores the use of hydrocarbon revenues in post-conflict Algeria. While the bloody years of the 1990s now seem to be over, recurring terror attacks and the ongoing state of emergency leave room for doubt that a situation of stable peace has been achieved yet. It is therefore...

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Why do some oil exporters experience civil war but others do not? : A qualitative comparative analysis of net oil-exporting countries

Basedau, Matthias - 2011

According to quantitative studies, oil is the only resource that is robustly linked to civil war onset. However, recent debates on the nexus of oil and civil war have neglected that there are a number of peaceful oil-rentier states, and few efforts have been spent to explain why some...

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India and the civil war in Sri Lanka : on the failures of regional conflict management in South Asia

Destradi, Sandra - 2010

The paper provides an assessment of India's role in the final years of the civil war in Sri Lanka (2003-2009). In particular, it looks for explanations for India's inability to act as a conflict manager in its own region, which is in contrast to predominant assumptions about the role of powerful...

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