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The European Union, Conflict Transformation and Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework [PDF]
The European Union considers conflict resolution as a cardinal objective of its foreign policy. It makes use of a number of policy instruments to promote conflict transformation through ‘constructive engagement’, which cover a range of sectors affecting ...
Nathalie Tocci
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Explaining Political Violence Against Civilians in Northern Ireland: A Contention-Oriented Approach [PDF]
, 2012 In contrast to prevalent theories of terrorism, this study develops a contention-oriented approach where levels and forms of political violence against civilians depend upon: (1) the strategies of combatants; (2) the means of contention; (3) the ...
Maney, Gregory M. +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy +2 more
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Major Flaws in Conflict Prevention Policies towards Africa. The Conceptual Deficits of International Actors’ Approaches and How to Overcome Them [PDF]
Current thinking on African conflicts suffers from misinterpretations (oversimplification, lack of focus, lack of conceptual clarity, state- centrism and lack of vision).
Andreas Mehler, Hans-Christian Mahnke
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Czech Journal of International Relations, 2016 In 2012, Islamist violent non-state actors in northern Mali succeeded in fighting against the Malian army, and they got the entire north Malian territory under their control.
Zdeněk Ludvík
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Rebel Diplomacy: Theorizing Violent Non-State Actors’ Strategic Use of Talk
, 2015 The practice of rebel diplomacy is essential for violent non-state actors on the verge of new statehood or seeking legitimacy for a new regime. But effective diplomacy can serve a number of critical purposes during wartime as well. In the short term, external ties may provide material resources, training, or otherwise martial support to alter the ...
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Modeling Violent Non-State Actors: A Summary of Concepts and Methods
, 2004 Abstract : Violent non-state actors (VNSA), such as terrorist organizations, play an increasingly important role in the international security environment. Effectively deterring, coercing, disrupting or destroying terrorist organizations requires a subtle understanding of the factors that influence their growth and formation.
Bartolomei, Jason +2 more
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International Conflict Resolution: Some Critiques and a Response [PDF]
, 1999 Ye
Woodhouse, Thomas
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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
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