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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Election violence"”.
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ELECTION VIOLENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY: NIGERIA IN PERSPECTIVE
Nigeria’s history of electoral violence threatens its democratic stability and national security. The recurring bloodshed across republics reflects entrenched drivers like ethnic tensions, youth unemployment, godfatherism, and institutional deficiencies. This research examines the critical roles of …
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Kenya and the ICC: the politics of the 2007 post-election violence
In December 2007, Kenya held a presidential election. The incumbent was Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU). His political opponent was Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The vote was peaceful and described by many in positive terms; that is, a continuation of the …
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Where and When Things Fall Apart: Relating narratives of post-election violence from Nairobi
The violence that followed the 2007 elections in Kenya caught many people by surprise, including me. Given some familiarity with, and personal connections to, Kenya, this dissertation began first with shock and concern, and later with suspicion of the way the post election violence was presented in …
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An analysis of pre-election violence through decision theory, experimental design and spatial econometrics
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms
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The Nexus between the Ballot and Bullet: Popular Support for the PKK and Post-election Violence in Turkey
… its terrorist activities during the pre-and post-election periods in Turkey . Popular support has been measured through popular votes for the political party affiliated with the PKK in 1999 general, 2004 local and 2007 general elections. Two leading theories of social movements, Resource …
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Posttraumatic Growth: The Lived Experience of Recurrent and Multiple Trauma Survivors of Kenya’s Skirmishes, 2007 Post-election Violence, and 2009 National Level Oil Tanker Fire Explosion
… Thus, even though political and electoral violence has posed a serious challenge to the mental health and social wellbeing of the populace in many African countries, information on how trauma survivors make meaning out of their traumatic experiences and knowledge of growth promotion …
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Socio-economic inequality and ethno-political conflict : evidence from Kenya
… a cause of potential conflict in Kenya. The post-election violence that emerged in 2008 shed light on the urgency for policy reforms to address the root causes of what was viewed as an imminent outbreak of violence. Various analysts trace the origin of conflict to nepotism, ethnic stratification, …
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human rights unlawful under international law?
… Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto for post-election election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and government officials and for the promotion and protection of …
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Is the African Union’s decision on the ICC and the adoption of Article 46A Bis of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights unlawful under international law?
… Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto for post-election election violence in 2007 by the International Criminal Court has resulted in action by the African Union that undermines individual criminal responsibility for heads of state and government officials and for the promotion and protection of …
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The politics of change? A critical analysis of power sharing in Kenya after Kofi Annan's mediation in 2008
… in 2008 in Kenya, in the middle of the post-election violence that took place after the presidential elections, and the performance of the subsequent power sharing agreement. This study does so by focusing on five variables, as defined by Alexandre Raffoul, that are particularly relevant in …
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The Plight of Kenyan Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries
… political instability such as the 2007 post-election violence and the region’s social and political instability trickling into Kenya, have negatively affected the country’s economic growth. To bridge the economic gap, Kenyan women are seeking employment in the domestic service sector in the …
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The ICC-African union relationship: in the interest of justice, or a continuation of politics by other means?
… for their alleged roles in the 2007-2008 post-election violence. However, the charges were eventually withdrawn due to insufficient evidence and concerns over witness interference. Grounded in theories of sovereignty, complementarity and human rights, the research aims to contribute to policy …
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Peacebuilding in the Context of Displacement: Women’s Groups in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Settlements in Kenya
<h1>Abstract</h1> <p>Following the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya, 650,000 people, comprising men, women, youth, and children, fled their communities, and found refuge in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. Although the Kenyan Government resettled some of the IDPs later in …
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Political violence in the American South: 1882-1890
… but turnout was around five percent at any given election. The prevailing historical theory is that the threat of violence was a form of de facto disenfranchisement that prevented blacks from turning out to vote. Both historians and political scientists assume lynching to be the method through …
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Desperately seeking depth: global and local narratives of the South African general elections on television news, 1994 - 2014
… where the televisualisation of Western elections favours episodic, dramatic, fragmented, and event-driven reporting. This "hype-ocracy" results in narrow and shallow frames that entertain rather than enlighten. This thesis, titled "Desperately Seeking Depth", examines this trend in both …