GSDRC newsfeed on All ThemesAcademic and policy-relevant publications on governance and international development.Violence, Identity and Poverty- January 1, 2008 How do we explain the cause of violence in the world today This Journal of Peace Research article argues that approaches to explaining violence should avoid isolationist programmes that explain violence solely in terms of social inequality and deprivation, or in terms of identity and cultural factors. The coupling between cultural identities and poverty increases the significance of inequality and can contribute to violence.http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Document&id=3017&source=rss The Practitioners' Guide to the Household Economy Approach- January 1, 2008 The Household Economy Approach (HEA) is a livelihoods-based framework for analysing how people obtain access to the things they need to survive and prosper. This Practitioners' Guide from the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), FEG Consulting and Save the Children provides tools for those involved in fieldwork and analysis of HEA assessments. Central issues in HEA analysis include: how people in different social and economic circumstances get the food and cash they need; their...http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Document&id=3009&source=rss Truth-Telling as Talking Cure Insecurity and Retraumatization in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts- January 1, 2008 How does testifying in truth and reconciliation commissions affect psychological health Is the experience healing or retraumatising This Security Dialogue study presents evidence from interviews with women who have testified in Rwanda's local gacaca courts. The gacaca are a traditional conflict-management mechanism used in the post-genocide reconciliation process. The study finds that traumatisation, ill-health, insecurity and isolation dominate the lives of the testifying women. They are...http://www.gsdrc.org/go/display&type=Document&id=3016&source=rss |