How do we understand illicit violence? Can we prevent it? Building on behavioral science and economics, this book …, creates more transnational opportunities for deception, coercion, and violence. If the economist's perspective helps to … explain violence, then it must also facilitate insights into promoting peace and security. If we can approach violence as …

in this period, surprisingly few commentators have established what connections there are between the violence of war and … invention of a modern existential concept of the political, where the violence of constitution was understood to be foundational …

Indiscriminate violence against civilians has long been viewed as a catalyst for new rounds of violence in civil wars …. Can humanitarian assistance reduce violence after civilians have been harmed? Crossnational studies are pessimistic …, drawing a connection between humanitarian aid and increased civil war violence, lethality, and duration. To date, however, we …

electoral violence on children’s health. This paper shows that electoral violence of low scale yet recursive nature has a … of electoral violence across time and space in Kenya during 19922013. We find that infants and adolescents exposed to … electoral violence are shorter as adults if compared to similar people not exposed to violence during their growing age. We also …