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1. 1. Decentralization: a double-edged sword? : A comparative case study on decentralization and its influence on ethnic conflict and secessionism

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

   Author : Andrés Durante; [2018]
   Keywords : decentralization; ethnic conflict; secessionism; autonomy; power sharing;

   Abstract : This study evaluates the influence of decentralization on ethnic conflict and secessionism. There is little agreement in the existing literature, as several scholars argue for regional autonomy as an effective method of conflict resolution while other scholars argue that decentralization exacerbates ethnic conflict by reinforcing ethnic identities and promoting ethnic mobilization. READ MORE

3. 2. Pro-Government Interventions and Civil Wars : Examining Legitimacy-focused Pro-Government Interventions in Asymmetric Civil Wars

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

   Author : Amr Ali; [2017]
   Keywords : external foreign intervention; third-party; external foreign support civil war; asymmetric warfare; hearts and minds; biased intervention; rebel support; legitimacy; territorial control; information-sharing; international relations; rebel rule; rebel sanctuaries; rough terrains.; التدخل الدولي في الحروب الأهلية،التدخل الخارجي، التدخل المنحاز للحكومة، الشرعية، تبادل المعلومات مع الحكومة،التمرد;

   Abstract : External unilateral intervention in civil wars has been always a subject of interest in international relations, especially during the Cold War and after the Bosnian civil war. Unilateral interventions have come to the surface again with recent examples in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, and Libya. READ MORE

4. 3. Financing peace : Examining the effects of economic decentralization within territorial power sharing arrangements

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

   Author : Gulnar Mammadova; [2016]
   Keywords : territorial power sharing; regional autonomy; economic decentralization;

   Abstract : The empirical evidence and the academic literature point to the opposed directions on the capability of the territorial arrangements to extenuate conflict in ethnically divided and civil war-worn countries. Little is known about the diverse capacities of the territorial power sharing arrangements in diminishing violence in the post-conflict societies. READ MORE