Race/Ethnicity, Space, and Political Culture: A Comparative Study of Collective Violence in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles …urban centers and to examine the effects of differences in political organization and culture and police discipline and behavior, with the goal of recommending policies that could defuse tensions—not by…
The Psychological Sequelae of Political Torture in South Africa Most research on persons subjected to physical torture for political reasons has framed this experience as traumatic, with the sequelae approximating the diagnostic criteria of posttraumatic stress disorder. However, responses…
Salzburg Global: Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems …of Polarization and Political Violence. The report suggested steps to reduce political violence and restore democratic trust in countries where this is a problem. For more information contact: Nyeleti Honwana,…
Violence Against Public Figures Fuels Central American Immigration …brush with the kind of political violence that bedevils countries like Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. From its earliest days, the president’s political career has been centered on a critique…
Constitutional Design: Many Architects, No Buildings This study concerns constitutional design for severely divided societies—the political institutions apt for peaceful coexistence or interethnic accommodation of groups with a history of antipathy that must nevertheless live together…
The Dynamics of Violence in Civil War: Evaluating the Impact of Ethnicity on Violence …factors such as the type of warfare and the resources of the combatants in addition to the nature of the social and political divisions, of which ethnicity is only one….
Killing Campaigns: The Origins and Dynamics of Mass Violence in Africa …perception—shapes leaders’ willingness to use mass violence and the public’s acceptance of it. Second, ideological constructs—what I label “founding narratives”—influence the ways in which political and military leaders devise strategies…
Intrahousehold Income Inequality and Conflict: Testing an Economic Model of Domestic Violence in Kerala, India Domestic violence in developing countries has been an area of growing concern among researchers and activists in the women’s health and rights movements. An entrenched patriarchal system and a scarcity…
Violent Profits: The Political Economy of Electoral Violence …by scholars and policymakers is whether or how the nature of political-business relationships might affect the outbreak or targeting of election violence. When are business actors targeted by election violence?…
A New Kind of War: A History of the 1946–1949 Greek Civil War …and inability to provide leadership of political elites on both sides of the divide, and an exceptionally polarized political culture. The void in power and the inability of the state…
