An evidence-based analysis of governance focusing on the institutional capacities and qualities that reduce the risk of armed conflict.

Government of Peace addresses a major question in world politics today: how does post-colonial democracy produce a form of governance that copes with conflicts,

This book explains why successful international peacebuilding depends on the unorthodox actions of country-based staff, whose deviations from approved procedure

A critical study of incentives commonly used to induce non-state armed groups to engage in peace negotiations. Offers a closer analysis of these incentives, whi

Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-divide