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discussed extensively difinitions related to collective violence, especially genocide and civil war, the paper opts for a more …
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that departs alarmingly from the industry’s claim of impartial assistance to victims of conflict. On the contrary, Ms … read for students, practitioners and scholars of international conflict, development and aid.</p> …
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As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence.  We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning.  We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents.  We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …
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In this article, we provide an introduction to the Special Issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution devoted to the … impact of violent conflict on entrepreneurship in developing countries. First we note that there is insufficient attention in … the literature on the impact of violent conflict on the firm or entrepreneur level. Then, after we define entrepreneurship …
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international World Values Survey data. We show that, in general, economically, politically and socially non-integrated persons are … more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also … culturally distanced countries in Africa and Asia appear more likely to view using violence for political goals as justified …
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This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d …’Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and … reaction to the violence and politicization, the religious elites founded an interreligious organization in the 1990s, and were …
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election held in Africa and one seriously marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on … randomized anti-violence grassroots campaigning. We find direct effects on violence outcomes from exploring both subject … that the violence was systematically dissociated from incumbents. We suggest that incumbents have a comparative advantage …
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conflict-affected countries. This module will enable researchers to address specific violence-related issues comparatively … survey designs in conflict-affected areas. We review existing conflict- and violence-related questionnaires, with a special … in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence …
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