Rebellion or Struggling for Domination? Political Activities of Jihangir Hodja

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Does violence pay? The effect of ethnic rebellion on overcoming political deprivation

Studies have found that politically deprived groups are more likely to rebel. However, does rebellion increase the likelihood of achieving political rights? This article proposes that rebellion helps ethnic groups to overcome deprivation. I illustrate this by using a “typical” case (the Ijaw’s struggle against the Nigerian government) to demonstrate how ethnic rebellion...

African Militaries and Rebellion: The Political Economy of Threat and Combat Effectiveness

1 War in Africa, and in other parts of the world, has recently attracted significant attention given the cost of those conflicts in human lives and damage to national and regional economies. A growing and p roductive literature has emerged focussing on the motivations of rebels during these wars. Important econometric work has attempted to explain the economic and political motivations of rebel...

Riot and Rebellion: Political Responses to Economic Crisis in North Africa, Tunisia, Morocco and Sudan

1984 began in bloody fashion in north Africa. Violent demonstrations, originating in the impoverished southwest and south of Tunisia at the very end of December and spreading throughout the country during the first week of January, followed the introduction of measures by the Tunisian government to remove food subsidies as part of their 'economic stabilisation' programme approved by the Interna...

Points of Rebellion