scholarly journals ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Prosocial Attitudes Between Refugees and Host Communities Exposed to Armed Conflict: Experimental Evidence From Northern Uganda

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annet Adong ◽  
Oliver Kirui ◽  
Jolly Achola
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Prosocial Attitudes

Forced conscription of children during armed conflict: Experiences of former child soldiers in northern Uganda

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 551-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Vindevogel ◽  
Kathleen Coppens ◽  
Ilse Derluyn ◽  
Maarten De Schryver ◽  
Gerrit Loots ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Former Child Soldiers

Political Trust, Shocks, and Accountability: Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Rebel Attack

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1693-1723
Author(s):  
Scott Gates ◽  
Mogens K. Justesen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Political Trust ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Trust In Institutions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Chance Occurrence

How does armed conflict affect accountability and political trust in democratic governments? To answer this question, we present quasi-experimental evidence based on survey data which, coincidentally, were collected in the days surrounding an unanticipated violent attack by a rebel group in Mali. The chance occurrence of the attack five days into the survey demarcates respondents into two groups surveyed before and after the attack and allows us to examine how the attack affected approval of politicians and trust in political institutions. Our results show that people mainly attribute responsibility to the president and not to parliament or local government, while trust in institutions is largely unaffected. We also show that these effects are strongest in the region of the attack. These findings suggest that voters in new democracies are capable of attributing responsibility to individual politicians and governments while maintaining trust in the fundamental political institutions of democracy.

Post-War Stigma, Violence and ‘Kony Children’: The Responsibility to Protect Children Born in Lord’s Resistance Army Captivity in Northern Uganda

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 217-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Denov ◽  
Atim Angela Lakor
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Lord's Resistance Army ◽  
Post War ◽  
Lord’S Resistance Army

The R2P framework underscores the responsibility to protect populations caught up in the maelstrom of war and armed conflict, and as such, holds relevance for children born of conflict-related sexual violence. This paper explores the role and framework of R2P in relation to children born of conflict-related sexual violence in northern Uganda, a population largely overlooked in the post-war period. Drawing upon the direct experiences and perspectives of a sample of 60 children born in Lord’s Resistance Army (lra) captivity, the paper highlights the significant stigma and violence that these children continue to face in the post-war context. The post-war lives of these children not only demonstrate the multiple hardships they face as a result of the fallout of war, but also highlight the situation of these children as secondary and intergenerational victims of war that would benefit from the protection of the R2P framework and subsequent support.

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