This paper studies if devolution of political power in conflict affected areas can reduce violence by providing an institutional means to address people's grievances. In particular, I look at the impact of a local government, introduced in tribal districts in 1996, on Maoist insurgency in India....

This paper argues that an increase in the inequality of wealth prompts a stronger quest for status that in turn fosters the accumulation of wealth. It proposes a measure for an individual’s want of social status. For a given level of a population’s wealth, the corresponding aggregate measure...