Under what circumstances can the provision of social services, including that provided as humanitarian assistance, contribute to the management and transformation of civil wars? This dissertation addresses this question through a qualitative comparative analysis of social service provision...

This paper considers the degree to which Venezuela was able to exercise autonomy in foreign political and economic spheres over a 60 year period from the 1930s to the 1960s. An oil rich but relatively weak state, Venezuela succeeded, over time, in carving out increased levels of economic...

Ireland began providing assistance to Sudan during the 1970s when modernization theory was at the height of its influence; Ireland's bilateral aid program continued in operation in Sudan throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including, significantly, for a period when other western donors (including EU...

This paper provides an overview of the failure of Argentina to benefit long term from export led development in the early and middle decades of the last century. Despite being well positioned to take advantage of significant breakdowns in the international economic system Argentina largely...

Irish government policy in relation to development and humanitarian response has traditionally been presented as sympathetic to developing countries and devoid of strategic self interest. Outside of its bilateral aid programme, Ireland has traditionally had only minor diplomatic relations with...

Sudan is a country that has suffered from civil war for most of its almost 50 years of independence. The recent phase of the conflict began in 1983, and has been the subject of considerable analysis. While most often portrayed as a conflict between the Arab, Muslim north and Christian/ Animist...

This paper reviews the experience of introducing a self-reflective paper assignment into an oil and gas accounting course taught in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The author contends that in developing economies assumptions made in course design in more advanced economies with respect to institutions...

This paper considers the effectiveness of Angolan government, UN and non-governmental attempts to protect human rights in Angola from early 1998 to date, during and in the immediate aftermath of the recent conflict. Angola has suffered from one of the longest running conflicts in Africa....

While the conflict enhancing effects of social services, including those provided by humanitarian actors, during civil wars has been relatively well documented, the potential service provision offers for conflict transformation is less well understood. This paper compares the impact of services...