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On the political and social consequences of economic inequality : civic engagement in Colombia

Justino, Patricia; Arjona, Ana; Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo - 2019

results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …

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Rebel governance and political participation

Steele, Abbey; Weintraub, Michael - 2022

war likely influence citizens' post-conflict political participation, with consequences for democratic politics. We … choices about political participation. We test our argument with an original household survey of 12,000 households from war …-state paramilitaries increased participation in formal and informal political channels when compared to those not having experienced armed …

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The linkages of energy, water, and land use in Southeast Asia : challenges and opportunities for the Mekong region

Kim Hang Pham Do; Dinar, Ariel - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016

This paper aims to contribute to understanding the existing knowledge gaps in the linkages of energy, water, and land … use in Southeast Asia and explores the political economy of energy transition in the Mekong region (MR). Investigating the … each nation, as the rush to acquire sources of alternative energy and other benefits to meet rapid growth demand has led to …

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The effects of wartime institutions on households' ability to cope with shocks : evidence for Colombia

Ibáñez, Ana María; Arteaga, Julián; Cárdenas … - 2019

This paper studies the legacies of wartime institutions, measured as rebelocracy, on the ability of households to cope with negative income shocks. Rebelocracy is the social order established by non-state armed actors in the communities they control. By providing public goods and a predictable...

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Female political representation in the aftermath of ethnic violence : a comparative analysis of Burundi and Rwanda

Guariso, Andrea; Ingelaere, Bert; Verpoorten, Marijke - 2017

We study the impact of electoral gender quotas in post-war Burundi and Rwanda on women's political representation. First, we look at descriptive representation by studying the number of female representatives and the prestige of their positions in the legislative and executive branches of...

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Horizontal inequality, status optimization, and interethnic marriage in a conflict-affected society

McDoom, Omar - 2016

Although several theories of interethnic conflict emphasize ties across group boundaries as conducive to ethnic coexistence, little is known about how such ties are formed. Given their integrative potential, I examine the establishment of cross-ethnic marital ties in a deeply divided society and...

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Forced migration and attitudes towards domestic violence : evidence from Turkey

Gulesci, Selim - 2017

I explore the long-term effects of internal displacement caused by the Kurdish-Turkish conflict on women's attitudes towards domestic violence. Using the Turkish Demographic and Health Survey, I show that forced migrants are more likely to view domestic violence as acceptable. As suggestive...

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Riots and social capital in urban India

Aghajanian, Alia; Justino, Patricia; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre - 2020

This paper explores the relationship between household exposure to riots and social capital in urban India using a panel dataset collected by the authors in the state of Maharashtra. The analysis applies a random-effect model with lagged covariates to estimate the exogenous effect of riots on...

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Civic legacies of wartime governance

Justino, Patricia; Stojetz, Wolfgang - 2019

In conflict zones around the world, both state and non-state actors deliver governance at local levels. This paper explores the long-term impact of individual exposure to 'wartime governance' on social and political behaviour. We operationalize wartime governance as the local policy choices and...

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Inequality, ethnicity, and social cohesion

McDoom, Omar - 2017

How do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society? I analyse the evolution of cross-ethnic marriages in a society affected by violence along ethnic boundaries and make three principal findings. First, as inequality between ethnic...

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