Vigilante Archives - Political Violence at a Glance

July 28, 2021

Guest post by Hannah Baron Human rights organizations and advocates continue to decry the lethal war against crime…

August 12, 2020

Guest post by Phillip Davis The murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia resident, by two private citizens…

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. Photo courtesy of GovernmentZA.

January 13, 2020

Guest post by Patrick Pierson This November, Ghanaians go to the polls for a third consecutive showdown between…

March 20, 2019

By Omar García-Ponce, Lauren Young, and Thomas Zeitzoff. This past July, Mexicans voted for change. Leftist leader Andrés…

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Political Violence @ A Glance is an award-winning online magazine directed by Erica Chenoweth, Christian Davenport, Barbara F. Walter, Joe Young, and Patrick Pierson, that answers questions on the most pressing problems related to violence and protest in the world’s conflict zones. Supported by the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), our goal is to use rigorous research, and simple, straight-forward analysis, to improve policies and practices in ways that help reduce conflict and build lasting peace.

Vigilante

Why Human Rights Are Losing Their Good Reputation

Governance Failures, Vigilantism, and its Dangers

Is Violent Democracy the New Norm? The View from Ghana

Protecting Citizens or Punishing Criminals? Staying Vigilant in Mexico’s Drug War

Other Peoples’ Wars

Why a Settlement in Ukraine Remains Out of Reach

The War in Ukraine, Food Prices and the World’s Poor

Containment 2.0: Sanctions for the Long Haul

Ukraine as an Instance of State Repression