This paper analyzes the role of religion with regard to the violence experienced during the past 20 years in Côte d …’Ivoire. It seeks to explain the differences in the level of violence over time by focusing on religion as an identity marker and … reaction to the violence and politicization, the religious elites founded an interreligious organization in the 1990s, and were …

What explains variations in violence in post-conflict states? Within the existing literature, violence in post-conflict … of the peace settlement). Using a medium-n dataset of fifty four post-conflict states from 1989-2007, this paper will … traces variations in violence for five years following the termination of the war, using five different sources of data per …

armed conflict. It is suggested here that escalation of violence as well as failing humanitarian, development and …This study is an analysis of civil society’s participation in conflict resolution and implementation of aid efforts in … the North Caucasus. Its main goal is to explore the role of civil society in conflict de-escalation in three autonomous …

a conflict. In the model, a leader decides to award soldiers monetary incentives. Civilians finance the militia via … place on the path toward a violent conflict and study the principal–agent relationship that exists between the leader and … factors (relative economic resources, opponents’ military strength) on the intensity of the conflict. The model shows that …

issues that cause the armed conflict and violence. It also provides some examples of the countries that suffer from armed …There is no part in the world without violence. The violence has therefore become a dreadful pandemic in the world. The … violence hurt both rich and poor countries. There are a number of ways in which economic networks can add to regional conflicts …

areas of armed conflict. Thus, the uncontrollable proliferation and misuse of these weapons that intensify armed conflicts …

This work analyses the influence of economic variables, poverty and armed conflict on violence in Colombia. For this … characteristics, poverty and variables associated with armed conflict affect the dynamics of violence, and moreover, there are various … estimated in order to determine the effects of these variables on violence in Colombia from 1950 to 2006. Socioeconomic …

In post-conflict societies, security is provided by a broad range of actors including the state as well as various non …-state formations. The paper identifies three types of post-conflict societies and analyses dynamics of the security market in cases … conducted in the immediate post-conflict period. Such a program should be embedded in an inclusive peace agreement that is …

In this article, we examine the implementation of mediation in domestic violence cases in Nicaragua as a case study of … the transnational movement of alternative conflict resolution within rule of law reforms across the world. Unlike … article examines the importation of U.S. style mediation and its implementation in domestic violence situations in developing …