Essays about: "greed and grievance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words greed and grievance.

  1. 1. A polycrisis of climate change, food insecurity, socioeconomic inequality, and conflict intensity? A statistical analysis of interrelated crises.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alva Linnér; [2023]
    Keywords : conflict intensity; climate vulnerability; food insecurity; socioeconomic inequality; greed versus grievances; environmental scarcity and conflict.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Along with escalating climate change impacts, aggravated hunger and malnutrition, and widening socioeconomic disparities, recent decades have also seen increased casualties during intrastate conflicts. The aim of this thesis is accordingly to investigate the interactions among climate vulnerability, food insecurity, and socioeconomic inequality and their effects on conflict intensity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Countdown to Extinction : A comparative case study of ethnically motivated and climate change-induced communal conflict in Nigeria and Bangladesh

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Gustav Niläng; [2021]
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    Abstract : Seven years ago, Wegenast and Basedau (2014) refurbished the greed and grievance theory made famous by Collier and Hoeffler, and championed an argument that ethnic fractionalization combined with an abundance of natural resources could especially spur internal conflict in a society. Their theory is the inspiration for this thesis which theorizes that climate change-induced decrease of, and subsequent competition for, natural resources and arable land will risk escalating to communal conflict, which is an underrepresented form of plausible conflict in climate change-triggered settings. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Well Oiled Machine? Linkages between youth violence, motivations, and oil rentierism in Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sofia Clash; [2021]
    Keywords : Oil rentierism; violent conflict; youth; youth bulge; need; greed; grievance; resources; terrorism; Boko Haram; Nigeria; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is presented as an analytical synthesis of theoretical and case specific literature and statistics discussing youth bulge theory and its connections to oil rentierism in the case of two regions in Nigeria. The main method used for analysis was a combination of content and deductive thematic analysis of primary and secondary sources. READ MORE

  5. 4. The social and political implications of insurgent control in Colombia: A micro assessment at the municipality level

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Victor Maria Mora Bajen; [2018]
    Keywords : Municipality; violence; control; insurgent; areas; provision of public services; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The following dissertation examines the relationship between the actual control of insurgent groups, FARC and AUC, in municipalities of Colombia and the subsequent performance of public services. By resorting to a novel semi-parametric, group-based-trajectory model, this paper manages to discern the de facto presence of such groups at the municipality level, which allows carrying out such examination. READ MORE

  6. 5. WATER AS A CURSE? A quantitative examination of the link between water resources and interstate conflict

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Prenzel; [2016-09-16]
    Keywords : resource curse; water abundance; interstate conflict; greed; grievances;

    Abstract : The phenomenon of the resource curse links the abundance of natural resources to higher levels of conflict occurrence. Until now, most literature merely focuses on non-renewable resources such as diamonds or gold. READ MORE