ethnic conflict
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How does cultural distance shape conflict?
How does cultural distance affect the prevalence of ethnic civil conflict and conflict-related sexual violence?
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Historical legacies and African development
The effect of colonisation on Africa’s modernisation is a highly contentious and emotional debate. The reality is trickier than you think.
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Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India
The economic and political consequences of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947
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About ethnic conflicts, inequality, and rainfall in Africa
There is a lively debate about the role of inequality as a trigger of ethnic conflicts. This column reports groundbreaking research into the effect of the amount of regional rainfall on crops, which is used to measure inequality between ethnic groups...