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To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state-building processes. This paper explores one such dynamics-the forms of governance exercised by armed groups during wartime-and proposes a theoretical framework outlining how forms of wartime...
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The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. We instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In our set up, institutions are endogenous and colonial origins affect civil wars...
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The transition of the war-torn African colony Rhodesia from a self-declared, independent, white-controlled state in 1965 to the globally recognized, majority-ruled, independent state of Zimbabwe in 1980, arranged by the United Nations (UN), arguably served as a model for dealing with intra-state...
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No systematic study has examined the effect of post-conflict justice on the duration of peace on a global basis. This … long-term effects of post-conflict justice on the duration of peace after conflict. It uses a Cox proportional hazard model …-retributive justice (that is, reparations to victims and truth commissions), however, are strongly associated with the duration of peace …
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Land dynamics are context specific and rapidly changing, and conflicts related to them do not systematically escalate into violence. One way of framing the discussion is to consider change in the structures of power governing the management of resources in rural areas as necessary to achieve...
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