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Tectonic boundaries and strongholds : the religious geography of violence in Northern Ireland
Mueller, Hannes; Rohner, Dominic; Schoenholzer, David - 2013
The conflict in Northern Ireland was an example of "complex warfare" with both insurgency and sectarian violence. We present a unified model that helps to identify these two forms of conflict from the spatial distribution of violence. The model predicts that tectonic boundaries between...
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Economics of Civil Conflict : Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978154
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The Egyptian Revolution as a Non-Cooperative Game of Conflict
Selim, Tarek H. - 2020
In this paper, the ongoing subjective debate on the role of different players in the Egyptian revolution is assessed … investigation of the conflict behind the Egyptian revolution. After 18 days of protests, the Egyptian protestors celebrated Mubarak … between SCAF and civil opposition have ignited an intense debate about the role of different players in the revolution. Still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014096178
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Education during conflict : the effect of territorial control by insurgents on schooling
Stoelinga, Nicole - 2024
This study shows that civilians' behavior can be severely affected by territorial control by an insurgent group, and that these effects can persist after the government regains control and the occupation ends. I consider a framework of civilian behavior under insurgent rule, where civilians have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014634407
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422534
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452045
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413959
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The work of conflict mediation : actors, vectors, and communicative relationality
Brummans, Boris H. J. M.; Higham, Lise; Cooren, François - In: Human relations : towards the integration of the social … 75 (2022) 4, pp. 764-791
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887384
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Historical Communist Party Strength and Modern Party Loyalty. A Replication Study of Barceló (PNAS, 2021)
Malesky, Edmund J.; Nguyen, Trung-Anh - In: Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics (JCRE) 3 (2024) 2024-5, pp. 1-27
Does exposure to violence create more politically engaged citizens? In a PNAS paper, Barceló (2021) asks this provocative question and proposes an intricate and original socio-psychological theory to answer it. Barceló also employs a research design that seeks to account for reverse causality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567488
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Historical communist party strength and modern party loyalty : a replication study of Barceló (PNAS, 2021)
Malesky, Edmund; Nguyen, Trung-Anh - In: Journal of comments and replications in economics 3 (2024), pp. 1-27
Does exposure to violence create more politically engaged citizens? In a PNAS paper, Barceló (2021) asks this provocative question and proposes an intricate and original socio-psychological theory to answer it. Barceló also employs a research design that seeks to account for reverse causality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014574177