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with the economics and political economy of war, disaster, and humanitarian action. To illustrate the field's scientific …
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To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state … armed groups govern territories and civilians within them-that under certain circumstances may be harnessed in the post-war … the type of statebuilding and political regime trajectories that emerge in the post-war period. …
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We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where academic research has started to establish stylized facts and where methodological and knowledge gaps remain. We focus our review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime...
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studying the effects of elimination vis-à-vis survival of Polish elites during World War II. Our focus is on the Polish …
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Collecting public opinion data is challenging in the shadow of war. And yet accurate public opinion is crucial … challenges facing polling in war: under-coverage and response bias. We highlight these challenges in the context of the Russia …- Ukraine war, drawing on original panel survey data tracing the attitudes of the same people prior to and after Russia's full …
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This paper provides causal evidence on early-life exposure to war on mental health status in adulthood. Using an … instrumental variable strategy, the evidence indicates that early-life exposure to bombing during the American war in Vietnam has … of sensitivity checks. The negative effects of war are similar for both men and women. These findings add to the evidence …
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I examine whether and how the means through which a civil war ends affects the success of a country's state … military victory, the coercive balance-of-power at the end of war favourable to the victor enables it to dictate the post … of informal power in the post-war context whose influence is exercised through private networks of party members and …
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This paper examines the current security-governance-development nexus, something that is often also discussed under the concept of "transitional justice" (TJ). The paper analyses how the ambiguous, evolving and expanding nature of the concept of TJ affects the planning, coordination, evaluation...
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Conflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human damage can overwhelm public action, as there are many competing priorities and resources are often insufficient. What then should be the priorities for 'post-conflict' policy?...
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Why do some states, with foreign assistance, transition from 'fragile' to 'robust?' Scholars in state-building have argued that neotrusteeship is an effective strategy by which external organizations might build post-conflict states. This working paper tests this hypothesis, and two related...
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