COVID-19 and Conflict: Major Risks and Policy Responses

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Rohner
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Social Tensions ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
Long Run Risk

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic entails a medium- and long-run risk of heightened political conflict. In this short essay we distinguish four major consequences of COVID-19 that may fuel social tensions and political violence, namely i) spiking poverty, ii) education under stress, iii) potential for repression, and iv) reduced inter-dependence. After discussing them in turn, we will formulate policy recommendations on how to attenuate these risks.

scholarly journals What is terrorism (according to the news)? How the German press selectively labels political violence as “terrorism”

Journalism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146488492110170
Author(s):  
Valerie Hase
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
News Media ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
German Press

Baghdad, Christchurch or Paris: Over the last years, many cities were the location of extremist attacks – but only some incidents were covered as “terrorism”. Journalists selectively attach the label to particular acts of political violence. This study analyses how characteristics of attacks and their perpetrators influence whether news media portray incidents as terrorism. Based on attacks between 2012 and 2018 ( N = 86,668) and their coverage in the German press ( N = 5411), the study finds that highly lethal incidents in Western countries are more likely to be called terrorism. Moreover, news more often portrays violence by Islamist extremists as terrorism than attacks by right- or left-wing extremists. Small or inconsistent effects emerge when comparing violence by lone actors to those by groups and domestic to international terrorism. The study illustrates that news is highly selective in which acts of political violence are presented as terrorism, which may foster stereotypes and prevent policy responses towards different forms of extremism.

scholarly journals Democracy and Political Violence in Nigeria Since Multi -Party Politics in 1999: A Critical Appraisal

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Prince Ikechukwu Igwe ◽  
Luke Amadi
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Group Violence ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Universal Pattern

Abstract The return to democracy in Nigeria in 1999 ushered in some form of political reforms, particularly in the conduct of multi- party elections however political violence appears perverse. The objective of this study is to explore how the prevalence of political violence has undermined Nigeria’s democracy. The analysis follows survey data to address the questions regarding democracy and political violence. The study draws from the frustration-aggression and group violence theories and provides a deepened analytic exploration. Based on some of the assumptions of democracy understood as freedom, equality, accountability, rule of law etc, the study argues that these assumptions obviously constitute a ‘universal pattern’ in democratic practice, which makes a critical evaluation of the Nigerian experience important. Consequently, our findings suggest that the prevalence of political violence is fundamentally an attribute of vested interests of the political elite. Some policy recommendations follow.

The “out-of-sample” performance of long run risk models

2013 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Ferson ◽  
Suresh Nallareddy ◽  
Biqin Xie
Keyword(s):  
Risk Models ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
Long Run Risk

Investor Information, Long-Run Risk, and the Term Structure of Equity

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 706-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano M. Croce ◽  
Martin Lettau ◽  
Sydney C. Ludvigson
Keyword(s):  
Term Structure ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Long Run Risk
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