media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or
critique the very definitions of 'democracy'and 'development'. Drawing on diverse case …

In The Normality of Civil War, Teresa Koloma Beck uses theories of the everyday to analyze
the social processes of civil war, specifically the type of conflict that is characterized by the …

Weltweit werden Flüchtlinge langfristig in Flüchtlingslagern untergebracht. Heterogene
Akteure-UNO, NGOs, Regierungsvertreter, aber auch die Flüchtlinge selbst-bringen ihre …

Dry tropical forests undergo massive conversion and degradation processes. This also
holds true for the extensive Miombo forests that cover large parts of Southern Africa. While …

Introduction JOANNE MYERS: Good afternoon. I'm Joanne Myers, Director of Public Affairs
Programs, and on behalf of the Carnegie Council I'd like to thank you all for joining us on this …

After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola's three-decade civil war in 2002 provided
an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with …

he new book 'Making sense of research for sustainable land management'published by
CDE/WOCAT and UFZ is based on the work of more than 600 scientists and synthesizes …

In conflict and post‐conflict societies, service delivery is complex both in terms of actors and
of the kinds of services provided. The dominant framework of humanitarian space, with its …

Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the 'Congo crisis'(1960-
1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battleground for Southern Africa's …

Why do combatants in civil war sometimes target civilians while at other times they refrain
from doing so? I examine this question using new, geo-referenced event data obtained from …