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…
HFG At The Crossroads Forum …phenomenon of violence in New York and other U.S. cities in recent months. The series has fostered public conversation in the last year through in-depth interviews with twelve leading researchers,…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023-2024 African Fellows …Akande (University of Uyo, Department of Political Science & Public Administration) Separatism and Gender Roles: Exploring Women’s Involvement in IPOB’s Agitations in Nigeria’s South-east Region Adventino Banjwa (Makerere University, Makerere…
HFG Launches Multi-year Initiative on Violence, Politics, and Democracy …to harm others they disagree with and the effects of such violence on the outcomes of elections and the health of democratic institutions. While media reports and online commentaries convey…
Privacy Policy …publications on Facebook. Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php Twitter – Used to share content and facilitate conversation concerning Foundation programs, issues, and publications on Twitter. Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy LinkedIn – Used to…
The Mind of the Segregationist …L. Nelson Bell (a prominent conservative southern Presbyterian editor and former missionary, who answered much of Graham’s mail and guided him on practical and spiritual questions), both declared publicly, in…
Strategic Observers Underground: How They See Trouble and What They Do Next Following Jane Jacobs’s observations of the role of “public characters” as a mechanism for heading off city crime and street violence, we asked just how such individuals actually do their…
Local Government Violence and Rights Struggles in Contemporary Rural China …and lead popular protest against malfeasant local authorities. Second, protest leaders lead the charge, shape collective claims, recruit activists and mobilize the public, devise and orchestrate acts of contention and…
Killing Campaigns: The Origins and Dynamics of Mass Violence in Africa …violence. Second was some expertise on the country. In turn, when an electoral crisis broke in 2010 in Côte d’Ivoire, I became engaged in public commentary on the country via…
Organization and Community: The Determinants of Insurgent Military Effectiveness The United States and other members of the international community have lost thousands of lives and expended significant resources confronting insurgent organizations across the world. Strikingly, however, there has been…
