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Routine Impunity as Practice (inMyanmar)
, 2019 Whereas impunity is typically known by the absence of accountability, this article attends to impunity’s presence. It does so via two instances of impunity drawn from research in contemporary Myanmar.
Cheesman, Nicholas
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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Journalism under duress in Asia-Pacific: A decade of resistance
Pacific Journalism Review, 2018 Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre marked its tenth anniversary with a wide-ranging public seminar discussing two of the region’s most critical media freedom crises.
David Robie
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Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
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Challenging Impunity: Colombia and Nicaragua's Intervention in the Israeli Genocide Case at the ICJ
Fiat JustisiaIn 2023, Colombia and Nicaragua intervened in cases where Israel was accused of genocide. These interventions challenge the principle of impunity often enjoyed by powerful states. Colombia and Nicaragua have taken a stand against perceived injustices and
Yordan Gunawan +2 more
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell +3 more
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Passive government, organized crime, and massive deforestation: The case of western Mexico
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The mountains of western Mexico contain one of the highest numbers of conifers and hardwood species for the country. The extraction of those species represents about 82% of the national timber production.
Carlos Ignacio García‐Jiménez +1 more
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On ‘Extreme Violence’ and ‘Impunity’
BMGN - Low Countries Historical ReviewA key element of the conclusions of the large-scale ODGOI project was the frequent and structural usage by Dutch armed forces of ‘extreme violence’. This extreme violence was enabled by the climate of impunity created by politicians, civil servants, judges, and others in authority positions.
Brandon, Pepijn, Protschky, Susie
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Determinants of case outcomes in Rwanda's postgenocide gacaca courts
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Transitional justice trials have become a central mechanism for addressing mass violence and human rights violations, yet little is known about the determinants of case outcomes within these courts—particularly in domestic contexts. This study examines Rwanda's gacaca courts, a localized transitional justice system that tried people suspected ...
Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira +2 more
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