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Ambivalence in Place Attachment: The Lived Experiences of Residents in Declining Neighbourhoods Facing Demolition in Shenyang, China
Li, Xin; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - 2017
ambivalence, this paper displays how neighbourhood decline, and the impending demolition, affect residents' lived experiences and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653243
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The "Ambivalence of the Sacred" in Africa: The Impact of Religion on Peace and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Basedau, Matthias; de Juan, Alexander - 2008
theoretical explanations of African civil conflicts. While scholarly interest is increasing in light of the civil wars in Sudan … a preliminary assessment of the role of religions in sub-Saharan civil conflicts. Quantitative and qualitative analysis … based on a newly compiled database including 28 violent conflicts show that religion plays a role more frequently than is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285658
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Information acquisition in conflicts
Morath, Florian; Münster, Johannes - 2009
This paper considers incentives for information acquisition ahead of conflicts. We characterize the (unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306972
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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
in the birth and propagation of conflicts within and across Africa. Policy implications are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390824
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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes: Which Governance Tools Matter?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in …) Corruption-control is the most effective mechanism in fighting crime (conflicts). The findings are significantly strong when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390832
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On the Effect of State fragility on Corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe (2014, ADR) finding on no evidence of causality flowing from State fragility to classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data (1996-2010) from 53 African countries, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390892
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A Good Turn Deserves Another: Political Stability, Corruption and Corruption-Control
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
We build on existing literature and contemporary challenges to African development to assess the role of political stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate that on the one hand, an atmosphere of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390936
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The Forest as a Resource. Conflicts in the Northern Sweden Wooded land in the 19th century
Axelsson, Ewa - 2014
The Forest as a Resource. Conflicts in the Northern Sweden Wooded land in the 19th century The forest as a resource … economy during the 19th century. This paper will analyze some of the conflicts regarding property rights by focusing on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400083
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Information acquisition in conflicts
Morath, Florian; Münster, Johannes - 2010
This paper considers incentives for information acquisition ahead of conflicts. First, we characterize the (unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334005
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Non-linear geographics and the economics of transition and democratization
Brezis, Elise S.; Verdier, Thierry - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of geography on the transition process in authoritarian political regimes, and to investigate the nature of the links between political change, economic reforms and geographic location. A simple model of transition and democratization is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336055