• Democracy and Violence: The Colombian Paradox 

      Tuft, Eva Irene (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 ...
    • When Neighbours Become Killers: Ethnic Conflict and Communal Violence in Western Uganda 

      Espeland, Rune Hjalmar (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 ...