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By the gun or by the bribe: Firm size, environmental governance and corruption among mining companies in Guatemala
(U4 Issue 2015:17, Research report, 2015-09-01)(You can also read the most important points in this publication in our blog: Steps to limit the endemic corruption around junior mining companies ) This U4 Issue discusses the corruption risks faced by mining companies ... -
Civilians’ Survival Strategies amid Institutionalized Insecurity and Violence in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan
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COVID-19 and the urgent need to protect Sudanese women against violence
(Report, 2020-07-01)Three decades of Islamist rule institutionalized a culture of violence against women in Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic and state instructed lockdown has led to an acute situation for many Sudanese women suffering domestic ... -
Democracy and Violence: The Colombian Paradox
(Research report, Research report, 1997)This study argues that the Colombian paradox between formal democracy and endemic political violence is a direct result of the narrow polity established by elite pacts. Through an analysis of the Colombian situation and ... -
Guerra no Norte de Moçambique, uma Região Rica em Recursos Naturais – Seis Cenários
(CMI Insight 2020:3, Report, 2020-05-01)Desde os ataques de Outubro de 2017 em Mocímboa da Praia, realizados por alegados insurgentes islamistas, vulgarmente referidos como Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama e localmente conhecidos como Al Shabab , não é ... -
Law as an Anti-Value. Justice, Violence and Suffering in the Logic of Becoming
(Anthropology Today vol. Vol 30(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Anthropologists are chronologically only the latest to have adopted justice (and injustice) as an object of (critical) inquiry. Even among anthropologists, however, the radical critical cry that law is the instrument par ... -
Prospects for peace in a petro-state: Gas extraction and participation in violence in Tanzania
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 10, Report, 2017-12-01)Significant petroleum discoveries in Tanzania have shaped the country’s political discourse in recent years, with politicians promising to turn this newfound resource wealth into rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. ... -
The ugly poetics of violence in post-accord Guatemala
(Forum for Development Studies vol. 36 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-10-26)With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 Guatemala's credentials of democratic governance was re-established, but as media reports and the international community have observed, the killing and crimes of the civil was ... -
The “CIA’s Army”: A Threat to Human Rights and an Obstacle to Peace in Afghanistan
(Research report, 2019-08-01)Afghan paramilitary forces working with the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have long been a staple in the US war on terrorism in Afghanistan and the border region with Pakistan. The problems associated ... -
Violence against women in the context of urban poverty in Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 16, Report, 2016-10-01)Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing out in the context of urban poverty. Faced with day-to-day challenges for ... -
Violência contra a mulher no contexto da pobreza urbana em Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 16, Report, 2016-10-01)A violência contra as mulheres é uma prática generalizada em Angola, pouco se sabendo ainda sobre a perceção que as mulheres têm deste fenómeno e como elas se relacionam com este problema. Este resumo, que resulta do projeto ... -
War in resource-rich northern Mozambique – Six scenarios
(CMI Insight 2020:02, Report, 2020-05-01)Since the October 2017 attacks by alleged Islamist insurgents, commonly referred to as Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama and locally know as Al Shabab, on Mocimboa da Praia, it has not been entirely clear who the attackers were, what ... -
When Neighbours become Killers. Land Redistribution, Ethnicity and Communal Violence in Kibaale District, Uganda
(Master thesis, 2006-01-01)The point of departure is a local incident of ethnic violence in Kibaale District in western Uganda. Very few people were killed, yet it received enormous attention in the media and general public, and the incident was ... -
When Neighbours Become Killers: Ethnic Conflict and Communal Violence in Western Uganda
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2007)Across Africa land rights conflicts are escalating between indigenous and migrant ethnic groups. This paper analyses the communal violence that took place in connection with an ethnicised land redistribution in Western ...