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Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East: A Literature Review
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:5, Working paper, 2014-07-01)In the 1950s and 1960s, a wave of military coups in the Middle East triggered extensive research on the role of military forces throughout the region. Since the early 1980s however, civil-military relations in the Middle ... -
Civilian and Military Relations in Turkey: A Historical Survey
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:11, Working paper, 2016-12-01)This CMI Working Paper presents an analysis of civilian-military relations in Turkey, casting light on institutional, legal and economic aspects that have shaped the military’s role in society. An assessment of contemporary ... -
Civilians’ Survival Strategies amid Institutionalized Insecurity and Violence in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan
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Colonial legacy, state-building and the salience of ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:16, Working paper, 2015-01-01)Ethnicity has received increased attention in studies of Africa's economic and institutional development. We present evidence on the long-term effects of Britain's "divide-and-rule" colonial strategy that deliberately ... -
Communal Land Rights and Peace-Building in North Kordofan: Policy and Legislative Challenges
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2008: 3, Working paper, 2008-03-04)Land policies are of fundamental importance to the wellbeing of and the economic opportunities open to rural people, good governance, and peaceful coexistence. Therefore, land policy and analysis of specific interventions ... -
Comparing Borderland Dynamics. Processes of territorialization in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, southern Yunnan in China, and the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:3, Working paper, 2015-03-19)The paper is a contribution to the recent debate in social science of border situations and the way borders affect borderland populations. The paper is directly comparative in form, by comparing three borderland situations, ... -
Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia
(CMI Working Paper WP 2020:5, Working paper, 2020-11-01)Battles over democracy are manifested in contestations over legal frameworks and within judicial institutions. Lawfare refers to the strategic use of law and legal institutions by actors in civil and political society to ... -
Compensatory Livestock Thievery: A New Trend in Economic Crime In Dilling/South Kordofan State (2014–2016)
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2017:3, Working paper, 2017-08-01)“Compensatory livestock thievery” within the greater Dilling locality in South Kordofan State (SKS) is an economic crime that was born out of a war environment. In this form of crime, thieves steal animals, particularly ... -
Conceptualizing ‘Leave No One Behind’
(CMI Working Paper WP 2021:04, Working paper, 2021-09-01)Abstract The term ‘leave no one behind’ is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted by United Nations (UN) member states in 2015, and the phrase has frequently been used in the ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility in Islamic Economies – the Case of Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:1, Working paper, 2016-05-01)Introduction Since the 1950s, there has been a growing international awareness of the need for business organizations to commit to a social role that goes beyond the sole objective of profit maximization. The term ... -
Crop market participation among smallholder farmers in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2010:1, Working paper, 2019-06-01)This paper assesses determinants of crop market participation among smallholder farmers in Tanzania, with a focus on transaction cost, asset endowment and cooperatives. The study is based on household survey data from ... -
Cross-border trade in the war areas of the Sudans: Smuggling or a form of cooperation?
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:8, Working paper, 2016-12-01)After the war broke out again in the border areas between the Sudans, a trading pattern known earlier as the “peace markets” reemerged. In contrast to previous attempts to use trade to reduce tensions, such markets are now ... -
Custodians of social peace or contenders in a popularity contest? The Egyptian Armed Forces and Egypt’s Coptic Christians
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:4, Working paper, 2015-04-16)This report analyses current and past relations between the Egyptian Coptic Christian community and the Egyptian Armed Forces, discussing contemporary events on the backdrop of historical analysis. Based on a thorough ... -
Darfur crisis: The role of traditional leaders in dealing with violence against women
(CMI Sudan Working Paper SWP 2014:4, Working paper, 2014-12-15)The armed conflict between the Sudan government and rebel groups in Darfur erupted in 2003. Escalating violence included sexual assaults on women. Many women who have been raped live with a stigma, or are forced to get ... -
Democracy's shortcomings in anti-corruption
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:10, Working paper, 2012-12-01)Citizens of countries with a corrupt political leadership are trapped in a situation, typically characterized by increasing income differences, human rights violations, dysfunctional democracy, limited press freedom, weak ... -
Desenvolver as infra-estruturas em Angola: Qual o papel da SADC?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2011:3, Working paper, 2011-12-05)As infra-estruturas continuam a ser um dos focos principais da SADC, nos seus esforços de fazer progredir a cooperação regional na África Austral. O desenvolvimento de infra-estruturas em Angola é também uma prioridade ... -
Developing Angola's infrastructure: What is SADC's role?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2011:3, Working paper, 2011-06-03)Infrastructure has remained a main focus for SADC in its efforts to advance regional cooperation in Southern Africa. Development of Angola’s infrastructure is also a key priority for the Angolan government in the reconstruction ... -
Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:10, Working paper, 2014-09-01)The effect of government decentralization on corruption is theoretically ambiguous. On the one hand, bringing government closer to the people could increase accountability and reduce corruption. On the other hand, ... -
Diversification and democracy
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:9, Working paper, 2014-08-01)Does diversification of an economy improve the chances of democracy? This paper estimates the effect of export diversification on democracy levels, using data from 143 countries. The endogeneity of diversification is ... -
Does changing the narrative improve host community attitudes to climate migrants? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
(CMI Working Paper WP 2019:3, Working paper, 2019-01-01)A number of studies suggest that our narratives about the situation of the poor and vulnerable affect how we view them and treat them. Theoretically, a potentially powerful way to make host communities more welcoming of ...