Ethnic Conflict and Socioeconomic Development in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria …Most of these ethnic conflicts take place in Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America, with Africa accounting for roughly 50 percent of these varied conflicts. In Nigeria, the…
A Political Science Perspective on Teaching about Violence …system, that he thinks are more likely to moderate ethnic conflicts and encourage inter-ethnic cooperation. Although the suggestions I have offered here relate to a course on ethnic violence, the…
The Dynamics of Violence in Civil War: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnicity on Violence …violence is really ethnic; for, ethnic violence is more than violence between individuals of different ethnicities. The main obstacle in answering this question is methodological: comparing ethnic and nonethnic wars…
Some Things Psychologists Think They Know About Aggression and Violence …more than one percent of Serbs participated in ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. The fact that killers are a small minority in ethnic cleansing is inconsistent with ancient-enmities explanations of ethnic…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …Post-Conflict Politics: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire Yael Zeira (Syracuse University) and Alexandra Siegel (University of Colorado Boulder). The Ethnicization of Conflict: A Social Media Analysis 2019 Diogo Britto (Economics, Catholic…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …History of Intimate Violence, 1970-2000 Jiwon Kim (Stanford University). Ethnic Conflict and Non-ethnic Voting: State Co-optation of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar and Beyond Joshua Schwartz (University of Pennsylvania). Dovish Reputation…
Ethnic Identity, Collective Action and Conflict: An Experimental Approach A large literature shows that ethnically homogenous communities often do a better job than diverse communities of producing satisfactory schools and health care, adequate sanitation, low levels of crime, and…
“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz …women during times of high political violence. When armed conflict-related violence decreases or during post-conflict times, however, high intimate partner violence levels persist. The Colombian armed conflict intensified adherence to…
‘Political Polarization Has Become Almost a Form of Entertainment’: A Conversation with Clionadh Raleigh …depressing conclusion: global rates of conflict are rising dramatically. Raleigh tracks global conflict with the help of researchers at Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), an organization she helped…
The Militarization of Nuer and Dinka Community Life: A Comparative Field Study of the Transformative Impact of Sudan’s Unresolved War Our original research focused on the militarization of Nuer and Dinka community life, with special attention devoted to the role of ethnic conflict triggered off by the 1991 splitting of…
