• Special Issue: Grassroots Responses to Mass Migration in Europe 

      De Lauri, Antonio; Brkovic, Carna; Hess, Sabine (Book, 2021-07-01)
      The range of grassroots responses to the 2015 migration reception crisis is vast. Depending on the local, national, and migratory contexts, different groups employed different modalities and policies to help the people on ...
    • Special Issue: Reimagining the Littoral through Development Regimes and Local Contingencies’ 

      Raveendranathan, Vidhya; Roszko, Edyta (Journal article, 2022-06-01)
    • Special tribunal for Lebanon: Either peace or justice? 

      Knudsen, Are John (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 1, Report, 2011-03-01)
      On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 members of his staff and security detail were killed by a massive bomb in downtown Beirut. The murder gave rise to the “Cedar Revolution,” the largest ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts – A comparative mapping. 2022 update 

      Stephenson, Matthew C.; Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Issue 2022:14, Research report, 2022-11-01)
      While there are no definitive best practices for specialised anti-corruption courts, existing models and experience provide some guidance to reformers considering the creation of similar institutions.
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: A comparative mapping 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon; Stephenson, Matthew C. (U4 Issue 2016:7, Research report, 2016-12-01)
      Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised anti-corruption institutions. While anti-corruption agencies with ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Indonesia 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:4, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Indonesian Court for Corruption Crimes, or Tipikor court, has handled corruption cases for more than a decade. Initially there was only one Tipikor court in Jakarta, exclusively hearing cases from the Corruption ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Philippines 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:3, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Philippines' Sandiganbayan is the oldest specialised anti-corruption court in the world. Though established mainly to resolve corruption cases more expeditiously, the Sandiganbayan is plagued by delays and inefficiency. ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Slovakia 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:2, Report, 2016-07-01)
      In 2003 Slovakia established a Special Court, subsequently renamed the Special Criminal Court (SCC), principally for corruption and organised crime cases. The SCC was a response to the domination of the ordinary lower ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Uganda 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:5, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Uganda High Court has an Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) with original jurisdiction over all corruption and related cases. The main rationale for its establishment was the speedier resolution of corruption cases, and ...
    • ‘Spectacular Fishing: Embodying Sovereignty in the post-Brexit Channel Islands and the South China Sea.’ 

      Roszko, Edyta (Variations on Sovereignty: Snapshots of Political Contestation and Transformation from Brexit to the South China Sea., Chapter, 2023-05-01)
      The South China Sea disputes over the Paracels and Spratlys – two archipelagos claimed in whole by China and Vietnam and in part by a number of ASEAN countries and Taiwan – and the post-Brexit dispute between ...
    • Squeezing a balloon? Challenging the nexus between organised crime and corruption 

      Reed, Quentin (U4 Issue 2009:7, Research report, 2009-07-23)
      Corruption and organised crime are of great concern to the international community: while the first is regarded as one of the greatest barriers to development, the second is seen as a key threat to international security ...
    • State - Local Community Games of Forest Land Appropriation 

      Angelsen, Arild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Two key questions are addressed. First, how does the structure of the game influence ...
    • Statistical evidence on social and economic exclusion in Nepal 

      Das, Arun K.L.; Hatlebakk, Magnus (Research report, Research report, 2009)
      The discourse on social exclusion in Nepal is very ideological, with some authors considering basically all Nepalis as socially excluded except for male Bahuns of hill origin. This is obviously not very useful for targeted ...
    • Stones on the Road: the Politics of Participation and the Generation of Crisis in Bolivia 

      McNeish, John-Andrew (Bulletin of Latin American Research vol. 25 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-01-01)
    • Stortingskandidaters møter med vold: Er norsk politikk et trygt rom? 

      Belschner, Jana; Muriaas, Ragnhild; Wang, Vibeke (CMI Brief no. 2023:8, Report, 2023-11-01)
      Norske politikere blir i liten grad utsatt for politisk motivert vold. De tenker heller ikke på vold som en risiko en må regne med om en engasjerer seg politisk. Likevel opplever mange norske politikere å ...
    • Strained Fraternity. Identity Formations, Migration and Social Transformation among Sri Lankan Tamils in Tamil Nadu, India 

      Paus, Nicolay (Master thesis, 2005-01-01)
      This dissertation deals with the situation of the Sri Lankan refugees who have fled to the Indian State of Tamil Nadu - primarily due to the escalating civil war. Their situation in India has been shaped by a series of ...
    • Strategic Dynamic Interaction: The Case of Barents Sea Fisheries 

      Sumaila, Ussif Rashid (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper develops a bioeconomic model for two Barents Sea fisheries that attempts to capture the predator-prey relationships between cod and capelin, the two main species in the habitat. The aim is to analyse joint ...
    • Strategies of Self-Proclaimed Pro-Life Groups: Effect of New Religious Actors on Sexual Policies 

      Faúndes, José Manuel Morán; Defago, María Angélica Peñas (Latin American Perspectives vol. 208 no. 43: 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-01)
      Over the past few decades political processes recognizing and broadening sexual and reproductive rights have produced a reaction from conservative sectors seeking to block those gains. Although the Catholic Church hierarchy ...
    • Strategisk handelsteori og økonomisk utvikling 

      Wiig, Arne (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper gives an overview of theories of strategic trade policies and discusses whether these theories are applicable as development strategies for developing countries. The general answer is no. The theories are partial ...
    • Street based self-employment: A poverty trap or a stepping stone for migrant youth in Africa? 

      Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein (Conference object, 2015-06-01)
      Street vending is a common phenomenon in urban areas of Africa. Although such street based self-employment activities often lack legal recognition and are sometimes criminalized, significant share of the youth labor force ...