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…
HFG African Fellows …Development and the Neoliberal Divides: Rethinking “New Nation-Building” in “Post-Socialist Tanzania” Kgomotso Komane (Political Science and International Relations, University of Pretoria), An Intersecting Theoretical Analysis on Lesotho’s Struggle with Political…
Conspiracy Beliefs and Violence in American Culture: A Comparative Study of Black and White Separatism …In North America and Europe, race-oriented political and social movements display two salient characteristics: ideologies that are mirror images of one another, and a treatment of race as the functional…
Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa …the world as a result of Christian evangelization and changes in family life and political structures that have tended to undermine ideologies of “ancestorship.” Part One ends with a meditation…
Pakistan’s Educational System and Violence: Is There a Connection? …misleading. Government schools do provide a religious education. Islamiyat is a mandatory subject in government schools. Further, some religious political parties operate low-cost or free-of-cost private schools that follow the…
The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict …vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view…
International Sanctions against Violent Actors In International Sanctions against Violent Actors, Dursun Peksen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Memphis, examines the extent to which international sanctions affect political violence committed by state…
“Beyond the Crisis: Reimagining Migrant Protection” …Surulola Eke, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, who studies links among autochthony, natural resources, and conflicts in West Africa, and Charles Larratt-Smith, an assistant professor of political science…
“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” …political science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSkPfFHQRb4&t=2367s This, the first installment of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation’s Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence speaker series, was moderated by HFG Program Officer Nyeleti Honwana joined by…
