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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Conflict escalation"”.
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Signaling, Extended Deterrence, and Regional Conflict Escalation: A Game Theory Model
… I seek to determine the conditions of regional conflict escalation. In particular, I pose two questions in this dissertation: first, why do small states decide to fight against relatively more powerful states in spite of very low likelihood of winning?; and second, once regional conflicts occur, …
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Role of print media in conflict escalation: a study of selected print media houses in Lusaka district, Zambia.
… is to investigate the Role of the Print Media in Conflict a Study of selected Print Media Houses in Lusaka District, Zambia. The overall objective of the study is to establish the role of the Print Media in Conflict A Case Study of selected Print Media Houses in Lusaka. The main objectives or …
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Pathways To Civil War
<p>This dissertation is about conflict escalation to civil war, and examines why some political confrontations escalate and why principal conflict actors continue fighting rather than reaching a number of political arrangements at various points of the course of conflict. Unlike previous studies, …
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Sparks on kindling : terrorism's role in civil war onset, recurrence, and escalation
… terrorism also predicts the likelihood of civil conflict escalation. Groups that have begun their struggle against the government can use attacks against civilians to provoke a larger conflict. These findings provide valuable evidence for both the study of terrorism and civil war. By providing an …
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Coming Together Over Table: The Role of Food in Georgian Conflict Resolution Practices
<p>Conflict resolution efforts seek to de-escalate conflict dynamics to bring conciliation and/or reconciliation to a conflict. One strategy to de-escalate a conflict is to use food during conflict resolution efforts. So, what specifically does consuming food and beverage do to break down conflict …
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Using Archetypal Metaphor to Analyze Cultural Landscape: A Chlilean Case Study
… to shift with circumstance. While cultural conflict per se was not the subject of this study, the ability to quantify differing cultural profiles in one location relative to another may be the beginning of the development of a tool for assessing degrees of difference in neighboring regions, …
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The C-Street Conflict: Identifying Conflict Perceptions and Strategies in Multi-Party, Intractable Community Conflict
This case study examines how conflict and conflict management are perceived by stakeholders and explores best practices that emerge for intractable, multi-party community conflict. A coordinated management of meaning framework situates the study in social constructionism. Observations and in-depth …
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Applications of multivariate analysis to understand the dynamics of African conflicts
… become a continent of all kind of devastating conflicts. This is a major concern because these conflicts are having lasting negative impact on the socioeconomic development of the continent and can lead to its gradual destruction with irreparable consequences such as the loss of African diverse …
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The Politics of Protest and State Repression in Authoritarian Regimes
… protesters and helps us examine the processes of conflict escalation and a mutual spiral effect in authoritarian elections. Lastly, I find that anti-government protest mobilization is an oft-used electoral campaign strategy by the opposition to mobilize supporters, gain visibility in state …
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The Proxy Paradox: Explaining (Lack of) Control Over State-Sponsored Proxy Armed Groups
… wars, international wartime cooperation, and conflict escalation and resolution. Note: The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. government. The public release …
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Perpetrators’ perspectives on family violence: What happens, and why, during a family violence event?
… FVEPM revealed three distinct pathways to FV: Conflict escalation (Pathway 1), Automated violence (Pathway 2), and Compliance (Pathway 3; Chapter 6). Each pathway describes distinct patterns of cognition, affect, motivation, and behaviour that characterise a FVE. Next, the generalisability of …
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A Narrative Approach to Investigating the Contextual Nature of Adolescent Self-Regulation
… from diverse positions around issues of conflict for practical as well as theoretical implications. Previous research using a narrative measure found that adolescents living in high-risk settings self-regulated differently in different contexts and when taking on different author roles in …
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Civil conflict and international migration in Nepal
… studies the causes and consequences of civil conflict. Several of these studies are of Nepal’s civil conflict that lasted for a decade from 1996. Coincident with this conflict was a surge in work-related emigration, affecting education and human capital investments, labour supply, and local …
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Rethinking Civil War
<p>Why do some civil conflicts simmer at low-intensity, while others escalate to war? When and why do some civil conflicts experience cycles of escalation and de-escalation? This dissertation challenges traditional approaches to intrastate conflict by arguing the need to distinguish both …