BI ArticleLimiting Violence and Intimidation - For Practitioners - Violence Prevention Steps
A user guide to Beyond Intractability resources, highlighting things to think about and do at all stages of conflict from emergence to settlement.
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Limiting Violence and Intimidation - For Practitioners - Violence Prevention Steps
A user guide to Beyond Intractability resources, highlighting things to think about and do at all stages of conflict from emergence to settlement.
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The "Two Taproot (or Fuses) Theory" of Social Unrest
Civil rights mediators from the Community Relations Service discuss why racial violence happens--and what needs to be done to prevent it.
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Coercive Power
Huey Newton wrote, "Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed." Though not all politics is coercive, it is certainly one way to force people to do what you want. This essay discusses the pros and cons of coercive power--violent, nonviolent, political, military, and more.
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Effective Anti-Violence Norms and Enforcement
One of the most important functions of democratic systems is to prevent unscrupulous individuals from advancing their interests through violence and intimidation.
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Preventing Small Scale Violence
One job of government is to assure the sense of security among its citizens. That means the government needs to do as much as it can to prevent violence that undermines its citizens' sense of security, although it cannot do so in a heavy-handed way that violates other people's rights.
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Conflict Early Warners
These are the people and groups that watch the news and warn of situations that are dangerous and likely to escalate into violence (or more violence if violence has already occurred).
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New Data Shows Threat and Harassment Events Doubled in July
A report on a new study that quantifies the level of threat and harassment facing public officials.
News and Opinion
On the campaign trail, many Republicans talk of violence
News and Opinion
An atmosphere of violence: Stochastic terror in American politics
News and Opinion
Only the GOP Celebrates Political Violence
News and Opinion
Overuse of 'existential threat' is a crisis of existential proportions
An exploration of the threat posed by our tendency to overstate threats (in order to grab attention and build support).