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13:00 |
Welcome - Scott Gates, PRIO/CSCW |
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13:05 |
Introduction - Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University
The range of techniques/What we know and don’t know |
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Violence against Civilians, Panel I |
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13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15 |
Michael Spagat/Jorge Restrepo, University of London
Techniques of conflict in the Colombian Civil War
Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University
Techniques of violence in the Sierra Leone Conflict
Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University
Techniques of violence in Greece and Vietnam
Selma Belaala, IEP, Paris
Techniques of violence in the case of the Algerian civil war (1991-2003): Violence as a technique for mobilizing civilians against the enemy |
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14:30
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Discussion: Robert Bates, Harvard University |
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15:00 |
Coffee break
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Violence against Civilians, Panel II |
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15:30
15:45
16:00 |
Lisa Hultman, Uppsala University
Civilians as Pawns in the Game of Civil War?
Stephanie McWhorter, UC San Diego
Killing the Citizenry: Understanding the Correlates of State Violence
Erin M Simpson, Harvard University
Government Counter-insurgency Strategies in Colombia and Peru |
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16:15
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Discussion: Robert Bates |
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16:45 |
Coffee break
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Child Soldiers |
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17:00
17:15 |
Scott Gates, PRIO
Recruiting Child Soldiers
Susan Shepler, UC Berkeley
The Social and Cultural Context of Child Soldiering in Sierra Leone |
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17:30-18:00 |
Discussion: TBA |
Workshop on Techniques of Violence in Civil War
21 August 2004
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Torture, Mutilation and Sexual Violence |
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9:30
9:45
10:00 |
Jago Salmon, Humboldt University
Massacre and Mutilation in the Lebanese Forces: Understanding Armed Groups through their Use of Violence
Darius Rejali, Reed College
Torture and Democracy: Singing the World Electric
Elisabeth Wood, Yale University (TBC)
Sexual Violence during War: Explaining Variation |
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10:15 |
Discussion: Greg Reichberg/Inger Skjelsbæk PRIO |
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11:00 |
Coffee break |
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Kidnapping and Suicide Bombing |
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11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
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Mauricio Rubio, Universidad Carlos Tercero, Madrid
Kidnapping and Armed Conflict in Colombia
Luca Ricolfi/Paolo Campana (paper available but no presentation), Università di Torino
The suicide missions in the Palestinian area: a new database
Jon Elster, Columbia University
Kidnapping and Hostage Taking as Techniques
Michael Biggs, University of Illinois
Hunger Strikes by Irish Republicans, 1916-1923 |
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12:30 |
Discussion: Diego Gambetta |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:30-
16:00 |
Roundtable discussion |