Essentially, I have engaged in two distinct types of analyses regarding political conflict, violence and peace.
Initially (from 1992 to the present), I was interested in “macro-foundational” explanations for what was taking place - those that involve large-scale, aggregated and relatively static societal-level political-economic processes. These are typically examined at the nation-year.
Feeling constrained and generally unable to understand what was taking place “on the ground,” more recently (from 1998 to the present) I became interested in more “micro-foundational” explanations for political conflict - those that involve smaller-scale, disaggregated and relatively dynamic group/individual-level political-economic processes. These are typically examined below the nation-year (e.g., by the city-week or street-day).
The links below direct you to the relevant research projects:
Macro-foundations
Micro/Meso-foundations
Initially (from 1992 to the present), I was interested in “macro-foundational” explanations for what was taking place - those that involve large-scale, aggregated and relatively static societal-level political-economic processes. These are typically examined at the nation-year.
Feeling constrained and generally unable to understand what was taking place “on the ground,” more recently (from 1998 to the present) I became interested in more “micro-foundational” explanations for political conflict - those that involve smaller-scale, disaggregated and relatively dynamic group/individual-level political-economic processes. These are typically examined below the nation-year (e.g., by the city-week or street-day).
The links below direct you to the relevant research projects:
Macro-foundations
Micro/Meso-foundations
