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War violence, nationalism, and party support: Evidence from ItalyUnder what conditions can legacies of past violence shape political behaviour? We propose a theory of how war victimization defines attitudes over the long run, and how these can be activated by changes in the political environment...
Political economy War ViolenceWorking Paper
Development narratives in a post-aid era: Reflections on implications for the global effectiveness agendaThis paper argues that the crisis facing the development effectiveness agenda is fundamentally derived from limited collective commitment to a singular model of development, one where a developed North serves as model and funder for a developing Sout...
Development effectiveness Foreign aid International cooperationWorking Paper
The Tanzanian state response to COVID-19: Why low capacity, discursive legitimacy, and twilight authority matterTanzania received significant global attention for its COVID-19 response during the first year of the pandemic...
Tanzania Nationalism State authorityBook Chapter
Nationalism and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
War Colonialism NationalismWorking Paper
Nationalism and development in AsiaThis paper identifies historic patterns in the dialectic between nationalism and development across various East, South, and Southeast Asian nations...
War Colonialism NationalismBlog
From the Editor's Desk (March 2012)
Tony Addison With the ice floes now gone from the harbour outside the UNU-WIDER building, and with the snow replaced by an icy hail, there is a glimmer of better days to come...
Agriculture Budget NationalismBlog
From the Editor's Desk (February 2012) Tony Addison It’s now February, and Helsinki remains deep in snow. We had an extended blizzard last weekend, with temperatures hovering around minus five...
Human capital Nationalism DemocracyBook
Fragile States: Causes, Costs, and ResponsesOvercoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century...
Nationalism Economic assistance and foreign aid Poverty measurementBook Chapter
Developmental Nationalism and Economic Performance in Africa: The Case of Three ‘Successful’ African EconomiesFrom the book: Institutional Change and Economic Development
Economic development Institutional economics NationalismWorking Paper
Institutions and Economic Performance in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Mauritius, Botswana and UgandaThis paper examines the relationship between institution building and economic performance in Mauritius, Botswana and Uganda. The rationale for comparing these cases is simple...
Economic development Institutional economics NationalismBook Chapter
Nationalism and Economic Policy in the Era of GlobalizationFrom the book: Governing Globalization
Democracy Economic policy GlobalizationWorking Paper
Nationalism and Economic Policy in the Era of GlobalizationThe raison d'etre of the nation-state is the ideology of nationalism. Yet, nationalism is a complex notion which encompasses the society, the state and the economy...
Democracy Economic policy GlobalizationBook Chapter
Transnational Integration and National Disintegration RevisitedFrom the book: Globalism and the New Regionalism
Economic integration Globalization International relationsBook Chapter
TNCs and the Nation StateFrom the book: Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy
International business enterprises Nationalism State governmentsBook
Identity Politics and Women: Cultural Reassertions and Feminisms in International PerspectiveIdentity politics refers to discourses and movements organized around questions of religious, ethnic and national identity...
Nationalism Religion WomenBook
Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim SocietiesThis lucid and accessible collection explores gender and national identity within political movements in the Middle East, the Maghreb and South Asia...
Feminist economics Nationalism Religion