• Elite behaviour and citizen mobilization 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2015:8, Working paper, 2015-08-01)
      This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the association between portfolio investment in tax havens and voter ...
    • In search of a Palestinian leadership 

      Løvlie, Frode; Ezbidi, Basem (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 6, Report, 2011-09-06)
      This brief argues that even a successful reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah will fall short of providing the leadership the Palestinians need. Their domestic legitimacy are simply too frayed. Instead it argues that the ...
    • Retribalisation of the Educated Elite in Darfur and the Phenomenon of Tribal Shura Councils; with a Special Reference to the Fur Shura Council 

      Abdul-Jalil, Musa Adam (CMI Sudan Working Paper SWP 2014:5, Working paper, 2014-12-15)
      This paper documents the formation and development of the Fur Shura council as an example of a new form of urban based voluntary ethnic associations. It attempts to analyze the new phenomenon against the backdrop of ...
    • The overlooked role of elites in African grassroots conflicts: A case study of the Dinka-Mundari-Bari conflict in Southern Sudan 

      Gore, Paul Wani (CMI Sudan Working Paper SWP 2014:3, Working paper, 2014-12-15)
      Many analysts of grassroots conflicts in African emphasized one of the following factors to be the most important: ethnic divisions, competition over resources or competition between pastoralists and agriculturalists. The ...
    • البحث عن قيادة فلسطينية 

      Løvlie, Frode; Ezbidi, Basem (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 6, Report, 2011-12-21)
      تزعم هذه الورقة أنه حتى لو تم تحقيق مصالح ناجحة بين حركتي فتح وحماس، فإن ذلك لن يوفر للفلسطينيين القيادة التي يحتاجونها، حيث أن شرعيتهم الداخلية قد تآكلت جداً. وبدلاً من ذلك تزعم هذه الورقة كذلك أن الأمل في قيادة فلسطينية ...