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Why Does Ethnic Partition Foster Violence? Unpacking the Deep Historical Roots of Civil Conflicts
Ito, Gaku - 2020
Recent advances in political science and economics highlight the role of historical events in shaping contemporary political and economic outcomes. This article joins the growing literature by utilizing disaggregated data and mediation analysis to explore the causal mechanisms bridging ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847268
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Infectious Diseases, Contamination Rumors and Ethnic Violence : Regimental Mutinies in the Bengal Native Army in 1857 India
Dutta, Sunasir - 2017
diffusion of rumor-based ethnic violence, showing that Indian regiments of the East India Company were more likely to mutiny …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957183
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Introducing HiSCoD : a new gateway for the study of historical social conflict
Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2022
Social conflict pervades human society and fulfils a number of essential functions in its development and transformation, including the creation of new norms and institutions. The Historical Social Conflict Database (HiSCoD) is an ongoing project designed to provide to scholars and society at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013192366
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Violent conflict and the child quantity-quality tradeoff
Nepal, Apsara Karki; Halla, Martin; Stillman, Steven - 2018 - First version: July 25, 2018
We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922177
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Violent conflict and the child quantity-quality tradeoff
Nepal, Apsara Karki; Halla, Martin; Stillman, Steven - 2018
We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891527
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Conflict and development : recent research advances and future agendas
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Martin-Shields, … - 2017
analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777138
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Does violence pay? : the effect of ethnic rebellion on overcoming political deprivation
Koos, Carlo - 2014
Studies have found that politically deprived groups are more likely to rebel. However, does rebellion increase the likelihood of achieving political rights? This article proposes that rebellion helps ethnic groups to overcome deprivation. I illustrate this by using a "typical" case (the Ijaw's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251065
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Gulags, Crime, and Elite Violence : Origins and Consequences of the Russian Mafia
Lonsky, Jakub - 2022
, I examine the effects of mafia presence on local crime and elite violence in mid-1990s Russia. In particular, I show … that the communities with mafia presence experienced a dramatic rise in crime driven by turf wars which erupted among rival …-motivated violence remained unaffected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324311
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Gulags, crime, and elite violence : origins and consequences of the Russian mafia
Lonsky, Jakub - 2020
, I examine the effects of mafia presence on local crime and elite violence in mid-1990s Russia. In particular, I show … that the communities with mafia presence experienced a dramatic rise in crime driven by turf wars which erupted among rival …-motivated violence remained unaffected. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308447
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Gulags, crime, and elite violence : origins and consequences of the Russian mafia
Lonsky, Jakub - 2020
dramatic rise in crime driven by elite violence which erupted shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The … violence - initially confined to the criminal underworld - eventually spilled over, leading to indiscriminate attacks against … was no increase in politically-motivated violence, suggesting a widespread collusion between the mafia and local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012311107