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1	Structural Causes of Social Conflict in Africa Charland, Lucien 01 August 2014 (has links) Social conflict, as opposed to armed conflict, has received less attention in the field of quantitative research. This paper investigates the structural causes of political violence in 35 African states using data from the Social Conflict in Africa dataset and the Beck and Katz panel corrected standard errors time series regression model. Theoretically, a closed political opportunity structure, combined with a weak state unable to provide public goods, should together produce high levels of social conflict. The independent variables attempt to operationalize these concepts from four different angles. In this analysis Access to Education and Infrastructure (AEI), Ethno Linguistic Fractionalization (ELF), Freedom in the World Political Rights (FIW), and National Material Capabilities (NMC) were all significant predictors of social conflict. This study found that as the level of ethnic fractionalization and material capabilities within states rose, the frequency of social conflict events also increased. However, as access to infrastructure and political rights declined, the number of social conflict events increased. Wald chi-square and R-square values suggest that the model is complete and has substantial explanatory power. African Studies Political Science
2	Different Century yet a Similar Story?: A Comparative Analysis between 20th Century Cases of Genocide and 21st Century Cases of Mass Atrocities. Valentini, William Nicholas 06 June 2022 (has links) No description available. Political Science History Holocaust Studies Genocide Genocide Studies 20th century 21st century Mass Atrocities Armenian Genocide Holocaust Cambodia Rwanda Bosnia Srebrenica Darfur Xinjiang Yemen Myanmar Tigray War Militarization Nationalism Ethnic Fractionalization Regime Type Economic Pressures

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Structural Causes of Social Conflict in Africa

Different Century yet a Similar Story?: A Comparative Analysis between 20th Century Cases of Genocide and 21st Century Cases of Mass Atrocities.