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The construction of a 'new nationalism'. The Welsh Nationalist Party to 1946
Studies on National Movements, 2014 The invisibility of Wales compared to other sub-state nations such as Catalonia and Scotland invites case studies of this sociological phenomenon from multiple perspectives.
Syd Morgan
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Taxation, Democracy and State-Building: How Does Sequencing Matter? [PDF]
, 2012 What is the relationship between democracy and taxation, under conditions of ‘reverse’ sequencing? Existing theories about taxation and democracy have presumed this relationship to be positive, but they have largely been predicated on the West’s ...
D'Arcy, Michelle
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Les Cahiers de FramespaThis paper examines the upheavals and transformations brought about by the civil war between absolutists and liberals in Spain in the 1830s, which took place primarily in Navarre and the Basque provinces close to the French border.
Alexandre Dupont
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Democratization via Elections in an African “Narco-state”? The Case of Guinea-Bissau [PDF]
Recent development cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, focusing on good governance, statebuilding and conflict prevention, did not contribute to democratization nor to the stabilization of volatile political, military and economic structures.
Dirk Kohner
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Making the state by way of judging: The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its state-building role
SortuzOne of the most significant institutional developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the last war (1992-1995) was the establishment of the state-level Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Matías Figal
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Hybrid democracy: electoral rules and political competition in Afghanistan
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2018 Departing from the hybridity literature on peacebuilding and electoral studies, this paper treats democratization in Afghanistan as a hybridization process.
Aureo Gomes
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'It's not all about the land': land disputes and conflict in the eastern Congo [PDF]
, 2016 Key points • Current interventions in land conflicts are focused on conflict management rather than conflict resolution. • Land conflicts are part of a wider governance problem and need political rather than technical approaches.
Mathys, Gillian, Vlassenroot, Koen
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Development Trajectories: An Evolutionary Approach to Integrating Governance and Growth [PDF]
This note introduces an evolutionary approach to economic and governance reform. It lays out two especially prevalent trajectories that differ starkly from one another in how they prioritize and sequence economic growth, state building, and the ...
Levy, Brial
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Re-examining the Northern Ireland conflict [PDF]
, 2007 The Northern Ireland conflict has its roots in the failure of the British state-building project to consolidate the territorial gains of colonization in Ireland.
Doyle, John
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Kosovo’s State-building: Exceptional Case in International Political Practices [PDF]
, 2015 This paper analyzes Kosovo’s state-building and its exceptionality compared to other countries. Its independence was conducted under international supervision through specific political implementing mechanisms.
Rexhepi, Enis
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