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14 May 2014
Published by: IDS
Understanding political settlements is important for addressing and mitigating violence. This policy briefing is based on case studies from Egypt and Kenya which confirm that political settlements that only focus on formal actors and spaces at the national level are crucially flawed.
12 May 2014
Published by: IDS
The overarching purpose of the Addressing and Mitigating Violence (AMV) theme is to generate useful analysis to tackle policy dilemmas relating to ‘newer’ forms of violence and organised crime.
6 March 2014
Published by: Routledge
The chapters cover fieldwork carried out in countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America on a broad sweep of development-related topics. This book should have wide appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates, and early-career researchers working under the broad umbrella of development studies.
6 March 2014
Published by: IDS
The uprisings in the Arab region generated much hope among significant proportions of the population that a rupture with the status quo would herald a new era marked by bread, freedom and social justice/human dignity, the catchphrase of many of the revolts.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
This seminar aims to uncover one of the consequences of returning home after conflict induced displacement by taking a closer look at its impact on several dimensions of social capital.
12 December 2013
Published by: IDS
In the aftermath of regime ruptures in the Arab world and with the political ascendancy of Islamist groups, there has been a mass exodus of citizens belonging to religious minorities from the region.
2 December 2013
The 16-day anti-violence campaign refers to the state's responsibility in perpetuating violence, and justifiably so: the dysfunctional role of the police in protecting women from violence on the streets of Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Iraq is a flagrant violation of their most basic citizenship rights.
2 December 2013
Published by: Open Democracy
Human security - the idea of putting the security apparatus in the service of people's needs for safety and protection, rather than the security interests of a ruling regime or the interests of international actors, has never had a chance to thrive in Egypt - or in any other country that has experienced revolts.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Carolyn Hayman, CEO and co-founder of Peace Direct, will argue why ‘local first’ must be accepted as the most viable approach in helping post-war societies recover.
1 September 2013
Published by: ORIE
This summary highlights key findings from stakeholder mapping carried out to increase understanding of nutrition context, policy and programming in northern Nigeria.
