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the extent to which the litigated conflict over fundamental rights in the society is “constitutionalized” is decreased (i …This article introduces a static, within-country, game-theoretic model of litigated conflict over fundamental rights …
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Two phenomena have been recently utilized to explain conflict onset: greed and grievance. The former reflects elite … competition over valuable natural resource rents. The latter argues that grievance fuels conflict. Central to grievance are … concepts of interethnic or horizontal inequality. Identity formation is also crucial to intrastate conflict, as it overcomes …
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Two phenomena have been recently utilized to explain conflict onset: greed and grievance. The former reflects elite … competition over valuable natural resource rents. The latter argues that grievance fuels conflict. Central to grievance are … concepts of interethnic or horizontal inequality. Identity formation is also crucial to intrastate conflict, as it overcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700226
incomplete information (both sides believing they can "win," when one – and possibly both – must "lose"). Reasons for conflict … article then draws out six implications for those interested in conflict management and conflict mitigation and comments, for …
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This article explores the origin and cost of conflict within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California … (MET), a cooperative of 26 member agencies delivering water to nearly 20 million people. Conflict within MET has existed … for over 30 years, but increasing population and decreasing water supplies mean that this conflict is becoming more costly …
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NGO's with an interest in peace and development in Africa documented the role of diamonds in conflict while soci … the peace in these conflict zones. And industry, responding to political pressures and changing economic conditions … development that permits countries to utilize th?ir natural resources without driving conflict. …
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environment, including access to potable water, and that the country develop in a sustainable manner. But conflict remains due to … an understanding of resource driven conflict to improve the outlook of mining and access to water for all in South Africa. …
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The article studies NGO's successful work on corporate campaigns for higher environmental or labor standards and what applied peace economists may learn from such campaigns. By way of example, the article employs the "No Dirty Gold" (NDG) as a model. Two main conclusions are offered. First, a...
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The article reports results of an empirical investigation into trade, openness, and domestic conflict for several Latin … of domestic conflict and (2) once initiated, how variations in openness affect conflict duration. For the period 1973 … trade openness reduces the chance for domestic conflict onset as well as the intensity of domestic conflict and (2) over …
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waters of the Jordan river itself; several other smaller surface waters; and a number of aquifers. Interstate conflict …
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