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 … reaction to the violence and politicization, the religious elites founded an interreligious organization in the 1990s, and were …

incompatibilities, several forms of non-state religious violence) and ambivalence (inter-religious networks, religious peace initiatives …) of religion vis-à-vis violence. In 22 of the 48 sub-Saharan countries, religion plays a substantial role in violence, and … different religious aspects of violence. …

the topics of patri-otism, peace and good governance related to the World Cup qualification of both national teams …

Religious elites are active for peace in many violent conflicts. Normative explanations often do not suffice to explain … rationally acting religious elites to be active for peace. It is their relationships to the government, other religious elites …, and believers that can motivate them to call for peace. However, they will do so only if they anticipate—based on the …

Crime, violence, and insecurity are among the most important social topics in contemporary Costa Rica. These three …. The paper thus asks why violence and crime generate such huge fear in society. The thesis is that the Costa Rican national …

Postwar societies are high-risk contexts for youth violence. Nevertheless, not all postwar societies are equally … violence in as well as across the case studies. …

Crime, violence, and insecurity are perceived as society’s biggest problems in contemporary Costa Rica. This degree of … neutrality, and the peace plan for Central America and the subsequent granting of the Nobel Peace Prize. The result of the …

In Central America, legislation aiming to reduce violence and crime has become an important topic in the security … trade in and consumption of drugs on the one hand, and gender-related violence on the other. It shows how the content and …

contemporary Central American violence, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua present important test cases, demonstrating the need … to differentiate the diagnosis. First, national discourses on violence differ from country to country, with varying … the mara paradigm, the perception of grand corruption, and gender-based violence tied to cross-national, national or sub …