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Publikováno v:
American Political Science Review. 117:22-41
How do non-state armed groups (NSAGs) survive and even thrive in situations where state armed groups (SAGs) collapse, despite the former’s often greater material adversity? We argue that, optimizing under their different constraints, SAGs invest mo
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Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 17:141-181
Peace agreements often include provisions for integrating minority ethnic groups into security sector institutions. Advocates argue that “ethnic balancing” reduces discrimination; opponents counter that it erodes unit cohesion. We test these pred
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Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 180, 174-200. Elsevier
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 180, 174-200. Elsevier
This paper studies how self-help groups?village-based organizations designed to encourage savings, household production and social cohesion among the poor?can promote economic and social capital. The paper uses survey data and a wide array of social
Autor:
Michael J. Gilligan
Until the New Deal, most groups seeking protection from imports were successful in obtaining relief from Congress. In general the cost of paying the tariffs for consumers was less than the cost of mounting collective action to stop the tariffs. In 19
Publikováno v:
International Studies Quarterly. 63:364-379
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International Studies Quarterly. 62:618-631
Publikováno v:
International Organization. 71:1-30
United Nations policy forbids its peacekeepers and other personnel from engaging in transactional sex (the exchange of money, favors, or gifts for sex), but we find the behavior to be very common in our survey of Liberian women. Using satellite image
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International Interventions to Build Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Sudan
Over the past decade the international community, especially the World Bank, has conducted programs to increase local public service delivery in developing countries by improving local governing institutions and creating social capital. This paper ev
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American Journal of Political Science. 58:604-619
We study effects of wartime violence on social cohesion in the context of Nepal's 10-year civil war. We begin with the observation that violence increased levels of collective action like voting and community organization�a finding consistent with
Autor:
Michael J. Gilligan
Publikováno v:
IZA World of Labor.
In addition to the heart-breaking human costs, violent civil rebellion is a cause of chronic economic under-development. Employment programs with former combatants and at-risk youth have improved their livelihoods, but not their support for non-viole