Forced Migration, Staying Minorities, and New Societies: Evidence from Post-War Czechoslovakia

The Forced Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II: Memory, Identity, and History

A Post - Gold War Geography of Forced Migration in Kenya and

I)rawing on recent research in the Horn ofAfrica, emer€dng patterns of managing forced migration in the post-Cold Mrar landscape are identified and ana\'2e6. 1,1,n,t" .amps continue to house refugees, tbe rneaning and value of'rcfugee' have changed drarnatically since the Cold War. Efforts to prevent people frorn crossing political borders to seek safety are increasing, gir.ing rise to a new se...

Violence and migration: evidence from Mexico’s drug war

The effect of violence on people’s residential choice remains a debated topic in the literature on crime and conflict. We examine the case of the drug war in Mexico, which dramatically increased the number of homicides since late 2006. Using data from the Mexican Census and labor force surveys, we estimate the impact of violence on migration at the municipal and state levels. To account for the...

Academic model of trauma healing in post-war societies.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to examine the implications for healing in a contemporary Balkan post-war context, and to provide a bridge-building model of trauma transformation, reconciliation and recovery through academic reconstruction and cross-border dialogue. Post-war societies are marked by the effects of massive, large group traumatization, and if not properly dealt with, long-term ...

Propaganda and Protest: Evidence from Post-Cold War Africa∗

Does propaganda reduce the probability of popular protest in Africa’s contemporary autocracies? To answer this question, we draw on an original dataset of state-run newspapers from 21 African countries, encompassing two languages and roughly 600,000 articles. We find that propaganda diminishes the probability of protest, and that its effects persist over time. By increasing the level of pro-reg...