Armed groups: Competition and political violence

Developmental and social-ecological perspectives on children, political violence, and armed conflict.

An increasing number of researchers and policymakers have been moved to study and intervene in the lives of children affected by violent conflicts (Masten, 2014). According to a United Nations Children's Fund (2009) report, over 1 billion children under the age of 18 are growing up in regions where acts of political violence and armed conflict are, as Ladds and Cairns (1996, p. 15) put it, "a c...

Urban Landscapes of Armed Violence

during a military operation to find ten FAL 7.62 rifles and one 9 mm pistol stolen from an army barracks in Rio de Janeiro.

Corruption and Political Competition

There is a growing evidence that political corruption is often closely associated with the rent seeking activities of special interest groups. This paper examines the nature of the interaction between the lobbying activities of special interest groups and the incidence of political corruption and determines whether electoral competition can eliminate political corruption. We obtain some strikin...

Armed Violence and Insecurity in South Sudan

Non-State Armed Groups