. Since violence is key, we choose to apply insights from the economic literature on conflict and appropriation. Our model … conflict, and the decisiveness of conflict. A striking result is that, within the limited access order, unproductive societies …

from the economic literature on conflict and appropriation. Our results show large variations in elite size, appropriation …

Is there a link between decentralized governance and conflict prevention? This article tries to answer the question by … presenting the state of the art of the intersection of both concepts. Provided that social conflict is inevitable and given the … conflict prevention, it can be contended that decentralized governance might have very positive effects on the reduction of …

mitigate ethnic conflict is then of primarily importance. This paper builds a simple model of decentralization as an … conflict only when those conditioning factors are controlled for. Furthermore, decentralization dampens all forms of ethnic …