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Greed and Grievance in Civil War [PDF]
Oxford Economic Papers, 2000 This study investigates the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. Rebellion may be explained by atypically severe grievances, such as high inequality, a lack of political rights, or ethnic and religious divisions in society.
Paul Collier, Anke Hoeffler
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SAHARA-J, 2004 From the mid-1970s, seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced civil disorders and wars lasting for at least 10 years. In two — Sierra Leone during 1991–2002, and Somalia from 1988 and continuing — adult HIV prevalence remained below 1%.
David Gisselquist
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Power in Peacekeeping by Lise Morjé Howard
NUST Journal of International Peace and Stability, 2020 Howard is an experienced scholar in the fields of international relations, civil wars, peacekeeping and conflict resolution. She has authored several works on peacekeeping such as Learning to Keep the Peace?
Natasha Khan
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War: The dynamics of vicious civilizations [PDF]
Physical Review E, 1996 The dynamics of ``vicious'', continuously growing civilizations (domains), which engage in ``war'' whenever two domains meet, is investigated. In the war event, the smaller domain is annihilated, while the larger domain is reduced in size by a fraction $\e$ of the casualties of the loser.
Ispolatov, I. +2 more
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Who, what, and where? Linking violence to civil wars
Research & PoliticsCivil wars are more than battles between governments and rebels; they involve a multitude of actors who perpetrate different forms of violence linked to the war in some way. However, scholars often study different types of violence perpetrated in wars in
Corinne Bara, Maurice P. Schumann
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International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2018 This article claims that the role of pre-war grievances as a predictor of violence against civilians in civil wars may have been systematically underestimated because the “grievance hypothesis” has not been properly tested.
Francisco Herreros, Jordi Domenech
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THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT AT GRAAFF REINET (1856-1882)
Scientia Militaria, 2012 The history of Graaff Reinet provides the earliest examples of civil defence in South Africa, for it was here that the early settlers established the commando system in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Frontier Wars [1779-81, 1793 and 1799-1803]. Subsequently in the
C.G. Henning
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Nationalising Politics: opting “intraracial” for “civil” war in Greece
Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 2022 This conceptual analysis investigates the context within which the term “intra-racial” to describe civil wars in Greece was coined and its effect upon Greek nationalism.
Sygkelos, Yannis
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How Do Civil Wars Impact International Peace and Security? Examples from Asia and Africa
Free University Journal of Asian Studies, 2020 Historically, civil war is an old phenomenon that has been affecting international peace and security for centuries. This paper analyses the impact of civil wars on international peace and security, and argues that intrastate conflicts generally ...
Badri Belkania
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Perceptions about civil war in Central Africa: Can war be justified or solve problems?
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2009 Civil war and ethnic violence are major problems in Central Africa and have caused the death and displacement of millions of people over the years. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of religious leaders, lecturers and students in ...
Kitambala Lumbu +2 more
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