Natural resource rents and internal conflicts: Can decentralization lift the curse?

MR Farzanegan, C Lessmann, G Markwardt - Economic Systems, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We study how natural resource rents affect the risk of internal conflict within countries and
how the federal structure of countries influences this relationship. Natural resource …

[ספר][B] How government structure encourages criminal violence: the causes of Mexico's drug war

VR Contreras - 2012‏ - search.proquest.com
This work advances a theory about corruption, criminal organizations, and violence to show
how political institutions set incentives and constraints that lead criminal organizations …

[ספר][B] Explaining civil war: a rational choice approach

SM Murshed - 2010‏ - books.google.com
Conflict is now identified as one of the most significant sources of development failure and
thus of growing income divergence between nations. Dr. Murshed s book addresses the …

Tax morale, aversion to ethnic diversity, and decentralization

A Belmonte, R Dell'Anno, D Teobaldelli - European Journal of Political …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically the relationship between individuals'
aversion to ethnic diversity, the degree of fiscal and political decentralization, and tax …

Local government and decentralisation in post-conflict contexts

P Jackson - Post-conflict Reconstruction and Local Government, 2020‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This collection is designed to partially address a gap in the academic literature. Whilst
decentralisation is frequently included in peace agreements, the actual scope and role of …

[ספר][B] Decentralisation and the management of ethnic conflict: Lessons from the Republic of Macedonia

A Lyon - 2015‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Ethnic inequalities in divided societies can exacerbate social divisions and lead to conflict.
Reducing these inequalities could have a de-escalating effect, yet there is little consensus …

Power dynamics in forest governance decentralization: the case of Kenya

MA Omala, LM Aglanu - International Forestry Review, 2020‏ - ingentaconnect.com
The debate on whether governments are willing to translate decentralization theory into
practice given the importance of natural resources as a source of livelihoods for local …

The promises and realities of Ghana's decentralization: a case study from the Wenchi district of Ghana

S Adams, J Taabazuing - Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the functioning of the decentralized structures in Wenchi district of
Ghana with the view of generating deeper insights into the interplay between …

[PDF][PDF] The Cameroon Decentralization Project: Tool of Conflict Resolution or Seed of Discrepancies in the Governance of a Heterogeneous State?

NC Chia, KTN Saturnin, YC Nkeneh - EAS Journal of Humanities and …, 2020‏ - academia.edu
Based on secondary data in the form of published books, papers, journals, reports and a
critical analyses of primary sources in the form of interviews, newspaper, radio and …

[PDF][PDF] Decentralization as a model for conflict transformation: the case of Kosovo

D Loew - 2013‏ - edoc.vifapol.de
In post-conflict societies, decentralization is often used as a conflict management tool to
address territorial claims and interests. The latest example is the agreement between the …