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Will democracy bring peace to Myanmar?
Nilsen, Marte - In: International Area Studies Review 16 (2013) 2, pp. 115-141
between the ruling elite, the democratic opposition and the ethnic groups – the three necessary parties in any peace process … Myanmar’s minority populations, there is little hope for lasting peace. …
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THE FUTURE OF PEACE PROCESS IN TURKEY: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Akyesilmen, Nezir - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2015
The peace process aiming to end violent and long lasting Kurdish Problem in Turkey, has been continuing peacefully for … more than two years. When comparing Turkey's peace process to the equivalent cases of Northern Ireland, the Basque and … process, there has progress. The literature has so far been dealt with many aspects of the Kurdish peace process in Turkey …
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Maintaining peace across ethnic lines: New lessons from the past
Jha, Saumitra - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 89-93
This policy overview draws upon two studies, one theoretical and one empirical, to explore lessons from medieval Indian Ocean trade for supporting ethnic tolerance in contemporary settings. The overview begins by sketching a model of inter-ethnic trade and violence in environments where there...
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Maintaining peace across ethnic lines: new lessons from the past
Saumitra Jha. - In: Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2 (2007) 2, pp. 89-93
This policy overview draws upon two studies, one theoretical and one empirical, to explore lessons from medieval Indian Ocean trade for supporting ethnic tolerance in contemporary settings. The overview begins by sketching a model of inter-ethnic trade and violence in environments where there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749197
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Sri Lanka's Post-conflict Development Challenge: Learning from the Past
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the achievements of the liberalisation reforms sustained over three previous decades. However, recent developments have dampened that optimism, rekindling...
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Economic Roots of Political Conflict: The Case of Sri Lanka
Abeyratne, Sirimal - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2002
Escalation of political conflict in many developing countries and their impact on economic development has been a topical issue in recent development literature. The overwhelming emphasis on 'ethnic conflicts' in this literature has, however, precluded looking at political conflict in the wider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005106855
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Economic Roots of Political Conflict: The Case of Sri Lanka
Abeyratne, Sirimal - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2002
Escalation of political conflict in many developing countries and their impact on economic development has been a topical issue in recent development literature. The overwhelming emphasis on ‘ethnic conflicts’ in this literature has, however, precluded looking at political conflict in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005115661
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Economic Development and Political Conflict
Abeyratne, Sirimal - In: South Asia Economic Journal 9 (2008) 2, pp. 393-417
Political conflict in developing countries has been a topical issue in recent development literature. While the sources of political conflict encompass a wide range of disciplinary areas, the preoccupation with the ethnocentric perspectives on the issue appears to have concealed the importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011135927
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Long-Term Effects of Peace Workshops in Protracted Conflicts
Malhotra, Deepak; Liyanage, Sumanasiri - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 49 (2005) 6, pp. 908-924
The current study evaluates the efficacy of an intensive four-day contact intervention (a peace workshop) organized in … empathy toward members of the “otherâ€ethnicity, even one year after participation in the peace workshops. Consistent with …
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Peace-building as Small State Foreign Policy
Stokke, Kristian - In: International Studies 49 (2012) 3-4, pp. 207-231
This article examines the emergence and transformation of Norway’s peace engagement in the context of changing … international relations. Focusing on foreign policy discourses and practices, the article portrays peace engagement as a value … and reoriented Norway’s peace engagement in a more realist direction. Foreign policy discourses and practices are …
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