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Political Irrelevance, Democracy, and the Limits of Militarized Conflict

Braumoeller, Bear F.; Carson, Austin - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 292-320

Although the statistical literature on conflict studies has generated strong and consistent findings on the relationship of political irrelevance and dyadic democracy to conflict, scholars have paid scant attention to the interesting theoretical issue of how they matter. The authors argue that...

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Anger, Hatred, and the Quest for Peace: Anger Can Be Constructive in the Absence of Hatred

Halperin, Eran; Russell, Alexandra G.; Dweck, Carol S.; … - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 274-291

Anger is often viewed as a destructive force in intergroup conflicts because of its links to aggressive behavior. The authors hypothesized, however, that anger should have constructive effects in those with low levels of hatred toward the out-group. Using experimental designs with subsamples of...

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Political Parties: When Do They Turn to Terror?

Danzell, Orlandrew E. - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 85-105

The purpose of this article is to explain the creation of terrorist organizations by political parties. Extant literature argues that institutional structural constraints, such as electoral systems, are more likely to lead political parties to create terrorist organizations. However, this...

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Aiding and Abetting: Human Rights INGOs and Domestic Protest

Murdie, Amanda; Bhasin, Tavishi - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 163-191

This article studies the effects of human rights international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) on domestic antigovernment protest. Unlike mainstream scholarship, the authors argue that human rights INGOs are not simply the magic bullet in orchestrating nonviolent protests; different types...

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Funerals and Elections: The Effects of Terrorism on Voting Behavior in Turkey

Kibris, Arzu - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 220-247

This article empirically analyzes the effects of terrorism on the electoral choices of the Turkish voters in the 1991 and 1995 general elections. It relies on a unique data set that includes the date and the place of burial of Turkish soldiers and police officers who died in the fight against...

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Past Experience, Quest for the Best Forum, and Peaceful Attempts to Resolve Territorial Disputes

Wiegand, Krista E.; Powell, Emilia Justyna - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 33-59

Does a stateâ€™s past win/loss record affect its subsequent choices of peaceful dispute resolution methods in … territorial disputes? We present a theory that portrays attempts at peaceful resolution as a strategic process, by which states … methods of peaceful resolution; its final choice is based on the stateâ€™s past experience with this particular method …

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Shared Human Rights Norms and Military Conflict

Peterson, Timothy M.; Graham, Leah - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 2, pp. 248-273

The normative transfer thesis posits that systematic discrimination, inequality, and repression are indicative of violent norms within states, which extend to the realm of foreign policy. In this article, the authors contend that the pacifying influence of similarity conditions the impact of...

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Does Globalization Breed Ethnic Discontent?

Olzak, Susan - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 3-32

This article examines how different components of globalization affect the death toll from internal armed conflict. Conventional wisdom once held that the severity of internal conflict would gradually decline with the spread of globalization, but fatalities still remain high. Moreover, leading...

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Three Two Tango: Territorial Control and Selective Violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza

Bhavnani, Ravi; Miodownik, Dan; Choi, Hyun Jin - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 133-158

This article extends the formal logic of Stathis Kalyvasâ€™ theory of selective violence to account for three political actors with asymmetric capabilities. In contrast to Kalyvasâ€™ theory, the authorsâ€™ computer simulation suggests that (1) selective violence by the stronger...

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Selection, Availability, and Opportunity: The Conditional Effect of Poverty on Terrorist Group Participation

Kavanagh, Jennifer - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (2011) 1, pp. 106-132

Poverty is often identified as a determinant of terrorist group participation, but existing research reveals mixed support for this relationship. Some studies find that macroeconomic decline is associated with increased production of terrorists, but micro-level research suggests terrorists have...

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