The Environmental Making of Sendero Luminoso: Drought, Famine, and Revolution in the Peruvian Andes, 1983–1986 My original research project aimed to explore the intersection of two major events in Peru’s recent history. On the one hand, the militarization of the Internal Armed Conflict, a sociopolitical…
In Search of Popular Sovereignty: British Rule and the Great Revolt (1936–39) in Palestine …landowning, trade, and government office, British rule and the growth of Jewish colonization under its wings brought about profound social, political, and economic changes. The “youth trend” became the largest,…
The Carceral State in Conflict: Between Reconciliation and Radicalization …engage in a negotiation over their “carceral citizenship.” The reorganization of the “one carceral state” thus changed the citizenship regime in Israel/Palestine. Current literature on political prisoners is dominated by…
The Impact of Climate Change on Conflict “[W]hile climate change is not the primary driver of conflict, it can exacerbate conflict risks, particularly in regions with weak governance, high inequality, and political instability,” Vally Koubi writes in…
HFG Pembroke College Research Fellow …case for the relevance of potential findings for policies intended to reduce these ills. Candidates are drawn from the disciplines of human, political, and social sciences, international relations, and aligned…
The Mind of the Segregationist …we must learn how they found and exploited the fissures and pressure points in southern white society. The conflict between the white South’s political and religious institutions helps us begin…
Violence and Dysphoria: The Villagization of Kinshasa and the Role of Healers …the early 1990s, of the dismissal of justice claims and the dismantling of State institutions. Many feel victimized by the political misrule of today and by the ruthless economic world…
Military Training, Violence, and Human Rights: The School of the Americas …on my findings will be published by Duke University Press (The School of the Americas: Military Training, Political Violence and Impunity in the Americas, 2004). It argues that the SOA…
Social Dominance and Coercive Strategies of Resource Control in Children …that many high-status and well-accepted individuals (e.g., CEOs, political leaders) are modestly aggressive in their own right. Is aggression in some contexts adaptive and socially competent? A strategy-based evolutionary perspective…
Characteristics and Determinants of Global Homicide Crime Waves, 1946 to 1998 Difficulties in comparing political and legal systems have long hampered our efforts to estimate cross-national violent crime rates. Adding the requirement that such studies examine trends over time makes the…
