Armed Politics and the State in Post-Colonial Asia …groups are deeply threatening, which are politically unproblematic, and which are unsavory or tolerable. These political foundations of state and regime form the basis of state strategy, but tactical calculations…
Our Work …purposes. Some 30 years later, Mr. Guggenheim centered the Foundation’s work on problems of violence, believing that humanity had failed to match its progress in science, technology, medicine, and industry…
Political Violence, Military Conflict and Civil Unrest in Palestine: The Palestinian Police, the Fatah Tanzim and the “Al-Aqsa Intifada” This research project was originally undertaken with the aim of examining the roles played by the military and civilian police forces of the Palestinian Authority, and the popular militias (in…
War and Economic Development in Vietnam and Sierra Leone …always catastrophic. We find that individual exposure to the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone has lead to increased political participation, community activism, and local public good provision. This political…
A Sea of Blood and Tears: Ethnicity, Identity and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Volhynia, Ukraine 1941-44 …can inform future studies of ethnic and political violence in borderland regions beyond Ukraine as well as contribute to discussions in genocide studies and social scientific research on political violence….
Polarization and Violent Threats to Democratic Systems …marked by dysfunction, identity struggles, and intense forms of political competition that undermine democratic processes. Hybrid democracies are particularly susceptible to political violence because they often exhibit violence or the…
Local Government Violence and Rights Struggles in Contemporary Rural China …organize cross-community efforts. Third, local authorities usually turn to repression and often use violence against protest leaders because they face strong pressure from their superiors and they lack necessary political…
“Why Have Homicide Rates Gone up Since 2015? A Historical Perspective”: Dr. Randolph Roth …political stability, legitimate government, a legitimate social hierarchy, and fellow feeling and a sense of kinship among citizens. Roth received a 2013 Distinguished Scholar (then called Research Grant) award from…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes New Board Members …Sciences and Education. Dr. Jones earned her BA in speech pathology from Hunter College and a master’s degree and doctorate in communication science and disorders from Northwestern University. “At a…
The Peaceful Century: War in Twentieth-Century Latin America …on the continent? I demonstrate how the absence of both institutional authority and politically organized violence were bound in a circular, causal relationship. The origins of this unique pattern of…
