Does Development Aid Affect Conflict Ripeness? [electronic resource] : The Theory of Ripeness and Its Applicability in the Context of Development Aid /
Podszun, Lucie.author.
Many developing countries find themselves in seemingly intractable internal conflicts, hindering them from moving on into a more stable, secure and wealthy environment. It seems that underdevelopment and conflict go hand in hand. Underdevelopment most often implies large streams of development aid channeled into countries at war. The work evaluates to what extent an increase in development aid affects conflict ripeness. The research shows that the effect is ambivalent: it depends on the conditions of provision whether it is positive or negative. In general, an ‘increase in development aid’ decreases the intensity of one of the ingredients to conflict ripeness: the mutually hurting stalemate. However, if embedded into a smart strategy, an ‘increase in development aid’ enhances the second ingredient to conflict ripeness: the sense of a way out. By that it counterbalances the negative effect and thus fosters the phase of ripeness, creating an ideal starting position for a subsequent peace process.
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Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research Objective; 1.2 Approach and Methodology; 1.3 Structural Overview; 2 Development Aid and Ripeness in Context; 2.1 Socio Economic and Political Relevance; 2.1.1 Prevalence of Conflict in Developing Countries; 2.1.2 Effects of Conflict on Developing Countries; 2.1.3 The Need to Focus on Conflict Resolution Methods; 2.2 Aid and Conflict in the Academic Literature; 2.2.1 Overall Academic Relevance; 2.2.2 Academic Exigency of the Research - State of the Art
2.2.2.1 General Contextualization in the Field of Conflict Management2.2.2.2 The Art of Conflict Resolution; 2.2.2.3 The Timing of Peace Efforts; 2.2.2.4 The Effect and Role of Development Aid in Conflicts; 2.2.2.5 The Intersection of Aid and Conflict Resolution Efforts; 2.3 Terminology and Definitions; 2.3.1 Conflict; 2.3.1.1 Type of Conflict; 2.3.1.2 Belligerents to Civil War; 2.3.1.3 Conflict Life-Cycle; 2.3.1.4 Mediation; 2.3.1.5 Third Party/Mediator; 2.3.1.6 Peace; 2.3.2 Development Aid; 2.3.2.1 Donors; 2.3.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 2.3.2.3 Neutrality and Impartiality
2.3.2.4 Unintentional Consequences3 The Theory of Ripeness; 3.1 Outline of the Theory of Ripeness; 3.1.1 First Level Variables; 3.1.1.1 Mutually Hurting Stalemate; 3.1.1.2 Sense of a Way Out; 3.1.2 Second Level Variables; 3.1.2.1 Objective Elements; 3.1.2.2 Persuasion; 3.1.3 Mutually Enticing Opportunities; 3.1.4 Ripeness; 3.2 Wrong Timing; 3.3 Academic Challenges to the Theory of Ripeness; 3.3.1 Third Party Involvement; 3.3.2 Four Essentials for Ripeness; 3.3.3 Dependence on High Levels of Violence; 3.4 The Theory of Ripeness Revisited; 3.4.1 Independent Variables
3.4.1.1 Manipulable Variables3.4.1.2 Non-Manipulable Variables; 3.4.1.3 Summary; 3.4.2 The Extended Theory of Ripeness; 3.5 Hypotheses; 4 Approach to the Case Studies; 4.1 Objective, Design and Structure of the Case Studies; 4.2 Variables to be Analyzed; 4.2.1 Definition of Dependent Variable; 4.2.2 Definition of Independent Variables; 4.3 Case-Guiding Research Questions; 4.4 Choice of Cases; 4.4.1 Criteria for Relevance; 4.4.2 Universe of Cases; 4.4.3 Final Choice of Cases; 5 Evidence from the Case Studies; 5.1 Uganda; 5.1.1 Background; 5.1.1.1 History and Causes; 5.1.1.2 Key Actors
5.1.2 Uganda Analysis5.1.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.1.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 5.1.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness; 5.1.2.4 Conclusion; 5.2 Burundi; 5.2.1 Background; 5.2.1.1 History and Causes; 5.2.1.2 Key Actors; 5.2.2 Burundi Analysis; 5.2.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.2.2.2 Increase in Development Aid; 5.2.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness; 5.2.2.4 Conclusion; 5.3 Cambodia; 5.3.1 Background; 5.3.1.1 History and Causes; 5.3.1.2 Key Actors; 5.3.2 Cambodia Analysis; 5.3.2.1 Conflict Ripeness; 5.3.2.2 Increase in Development Aid
5.3.2.3 Effect of Increase in Development Aid on Ripeness
Dissertation--Frankfurt University, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Many developing countries find themselves in seemingly intractable internal conflicts, hindering them from moving on into a more stable, secure and wealthy environment. It seems that underdevelopment and conflict go hand in hand. Underdevelopment most often implies large streams of development aid channeled into countries at war. The work evaluates to what extent an increase in development aid affects conflict ripeness. The research shows that the effect is ambivalent: it depends on the conditions of provision whether it is positive or negative. In general, an ‘increase in development aid’ decreases the intensity of one of the ingredients to conflict ripeness: the mutually hurting stalemate. However, if embedded into a smart strategy, an ‘increase in development aid’ enhances the second ingredient to conflict ripeness: the sense of a way out. By that it counterbalances the negative effect and thus fosters the phase of ripeness, creating an ideal starting position for a subsequent peace process.
Political science.
Comparative politics.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.