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“If we must secure our communities, we must do it together”: Co-creation of crime prevention and security governance in Lagos, Nigeria

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
Developing partnerships between the state, the police, and local communities to prevent crime is increasingly recognized as valuable by security researchers and actors.
Adewumi I. Badiora
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transitions from violence to politics: conditions for the politicization of violent non-state actors [PDF]

, 2015
It is imperative for a nation to understand the most effective way to combat threats to its national security, and at times the best reaction to a violent atrocity could be diplomatic.
Woody, David C., Hanrahan, Brian
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Atores não-estatais violentos e a segurança internacional na América Latina

Meridiano 47, 2017
The article explores the phenomenon of non-state actors violent and their impact on international security of the Latin American region at the beginning of the XXI century. It verifies the recent evolution of this phenomenon and methodological dimensions
Carlos Federico Domínguez Avila
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The Ambivalence of the Sacred

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2001
The Ambivalence of the Sacred book attempts to articulate a framework for formulating specific answers, on a case-by-case basis, to three overarching questions pertaining to the seemingly ambivalent relationship between religion and violence.
Amr Sabet
doaj   +1 more source

Flow characteristics and regime transitions in fluidization systems of Group C+ particles

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Fine and ultrafine particles are attractive for fluidized bed reactors because their high surface area benefits catalytic processes, but their cohesive nature complicates regime characterization. Nanoparticle modulation improves the flowability of Group C powders, yet their bubbling to turbulent transition remains unclear.
Yue Song, Jiaying Wang, Xiaoyang Wei, Jesse Zhu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing Challenges of Violent Non-State Actors in the Middle East [PDF]

, 2019
The actions that the U.S. have conducted against VNSAs [Violent non-state actors] in the Middle East have produced little success. These VNSAs have used unconventional tactics to constantly outsmart the U.S., so in order for the U.S.
Cerezo, Daniel
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The Threat Multiplier: Analyzing the Relationship between Climate Change and the Emergence of Violent Non-State Actors in Western Africa [PDF]

, 2021
The impact of climate change on the growth of violent non-state actors is a hotly debated topic with great implications for the stability and growth of the Africa.
Caron, Louis-Philippe
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The Territorial Penetration, Control, and Governance Nexus

Estudos Internacionais
This paper explores the relationship between territorial penetration, control, and governance of violent non-state actors (VNSAs). The three concepts have been previously studied in isolation.
Zdeněk Ludvík
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