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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

open access: yesCriminology, 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
wiley   +1 more source

A Library for Peace: the Commonweal Collection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
YesHistory and overview of Commonweal Collection and developments up until late ...
Clement, Ellie, Cullingford, Alison
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Focused deterrence can reduce crime: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and quasi‐experiments

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research summary Crime and violence continue to be problems that plague urban areas across the United States and the globe. One key approach for responding to these problems is “focused deterrence” which includes programs that prevent criminal behavior by blending criminal justice, social service, and community‐based action.
Anthony A. Braga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

No violencia, desobediencia civil y ejemplaridad. Una aproximación al pensamiento ético-político de Gandhi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This work attempts to show the intimate tie existing between the spirit of  Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolence and the practice of nonviolence as civil disobedience.
Mingo Rodríguez, Alicia María de
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Can riots represent? A democratic theory

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theory has been perennially concerned with interrogating, identifying, and clarifying the political functions of riots. Yet, political theorists have mostly fallen short of explaining the relationship between riots and democracy, although this is central to the democratic theory of contestation and crucial for evaluating the ...
Alexis Bibeau‐Gagnon
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of Leadership Styles Within the Ogoni and Ijaw Movements in the Niger Delta

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2020
Much of the literature on the Niger Delta deals with the Ogoni and Ijaw groups together, as having common lived experiences within a shared geographical location.
Zainab Ladan Mai-Bornu
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Students' Choice of Interaction Positions and Self-affirmation Strategies

open access: yesРоссийский психологический журнал, 2023
Introduction. The relevance of the problem is caused by the importance of studying the role of various factors, in particular, psychological capital, in people's choice of interaction positions and self-affirmation strategies. The novelty of the research
Владимир Г. Маралов   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling authoritarian reform decision‐making: A metacognitive–subcognitive model

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent research indicates that state reforms in East and Southeast Asia have been predominantly top‐down and authoritarian‐led. However, this significant observation implicitly relies on important assumptions about authoritarian decision‐making behavior and psychology that remains understudied.
Eugene Yu Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Uncivil Disobedience: Political Commitment and Violence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Standard accounts of civil disobedience include nonviolence as a necessary condition. Here I argue that such accounts are mistaken and that civil disobedience can include violence in many aspects, primarily excepting violence directed at other persons. I
Adams, N. P.
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Volunteering While Researching Conflict and Violence: Reflections on Listening, Solidarity, and Decoloniality in Myanmar's Borderlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars working on conflict and violence often engage with local organisations, yet the methodological and ethical implications of volunteering‐while‐researching are rarely discussed in writing. This article contributes to debates on decolonizing research by conceptualising volunteering‐while‐researching as a practice that—while imbued with ...
Shona Loong
wiley   +1 more source

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