Postdisaster Reconstruction as a Cause of Intrastate Violence: An Instrumental Variable Analysis with Application to the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka

Kikuta, Kyosuke

doi:10.1177/0022002717753919

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“…For instance, Wood and Wright (2016) suggest that state disasters increase grievances and decrease state control, encouraging dissident action and leading to state repression. Others, however, have posited that the relationship is conditional on the pre-existing state-citizen relationship (Detges, 2017), the post-disaster reconstruction efforts (Kikuta, 2019), distribution of aid (De Juan, Pierskalla and Schwarz, 2020) and pre-disaster structural conditions (Lehrs, this issue).…”

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Windows of Repression: Using COVID-19 Policies against Political Dissidents?

Barceló¹,

Kubinec²,

Cheng³

et al. 2020

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In this paper, we explore whether government incentives to repress domestic dissidents influences the adoption, timing, and duration of government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that governments which have historically repressed internal dissent are more likely to adopt policies in response to the pandemic which are observationally equivalent to those that they would use to limit domestic dissent --- in particular policies that restrict citizen's freedom of movement --- compared to countries that have not. Empirically, we find that governments that have recently engaged in state violence against civilians have been more likely to enact lockdown and curfew policies, have done so earlier in the pandemic, and have implemented these policies over a longer time period. Overall, our results have implications for understanding how the repressiveness of state institutions shapes policy responses to a global health crisis.

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confidence: 99%

Windows of Repression: Using COVID-19 Policies against Political Dissidents?

Barceló¹,

Kubinec²,

Cheng³

et al. 2020

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“…However, in his formal models (Eastin 2016(Eastin , 2018, he does not explicitly consider external policy interventions. Kikuta (2019) has investigated the crucial role of international assistance through shaping the incentives of armed groups in a recent study on the peace process in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. Another example of a study stressing international policy interventions is the study by Ghimire et al (2015), who emphasize the current importance of international humanitarian assistance in most disaster management situations but do not include it as a factor in their quantitative analysis.…”

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Understanding the Disaster–Migration–Violent Conflict Nexus in a Warming World: The Importance of International Policy Interventions

Brzoska

2019

Social Sciences

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The importance and extent of some of the linkages between disasters, migration and violent conflict are not very well understood. There has been controversy in the empirical analytical literature both over core elements of the nexus and over the mechanisms driving it. One reason for the current state of the pertinent literature is the widespread neglect of international policy interventions in the policy fields of disaster risk reduction, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, migration management as well as humanitarian and development assistance. This contribution highlights the importance of international interventions in these fields with respect to elements of the nexus. Based on a brief review of the comparative empirical evidence concerning the disputed links between disasters, migration and violent conflict it demonstrates how international policy interventions are affecting them. The study concludes with a call for more research into the ways in which international policy interventions contribute to shaping the disaster–migration–violent conflict nexus, arguing that a better understanding would enhance the potential for better policies to address its negative consequences.

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“…Cavallo et al (2013) already postulated that in some cases, disasters lead to institutional and politico-structural changes that can have either adverse or favorable long-term implication for development trajectories. Whether the end of the conflict is at all related to the tsunami is debated-for example, Kikuta (2018). In the other most tsunami-affected area, Aceh province in Indonesia, the end of the civil conflict was directly tied to the tsunami damage and the need to establish access to reconstruction funding.…”

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Build Back Better: What Is It, and What Should It Be?

Ferrarini

Park

2019

SSRN Journal

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The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent.ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by ADB in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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Postdisaster Reconstruction as a Cause of Intrastate Violence: An Instrumental Variable Analysis with Application to the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka

Cited by 19 publications

References 62 publications

Windows of Repression: Using COVID-19 Policies against Political Dissidents?

Windows of Repression: Using COVID-19 Policies against Political Dissidents?

Understanding the Disaster–Migration–Violent Conflict Nexus in a Warming World: The Importance of International Policy Interventions

Build Back Better: What Is It, and What Should It Be?

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