TY - JOUR A1 - Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede A1 - Hug, Simon A1 - Schubiger, Livia I. A1 - Wucherpfennig, Julian T1 - International Conventions and Non-State Actors: Selection, Signaling and Reputation Effects JF - Journal of Conflict Resolution N2 - Whether international humanitarian norms are respected during and after civil conflict depends on the behavior of both governments and nonstate actors (NSAs). However, international conventions on the protection of civilians generally do not address NSAs, as such conventions are open only to the representatives of states. In a pioneering initiative, the nongovernmental organization Geneva Call has started to address this problem by soliciting NSAs to sign “deeds of commitment” to ban particular activities violating humanitarian norms. Focusing on the case of antipersonnel mines, we examine why NSAs would choose to sign conventions that limit their autonomy, and whether such conventions can change the behavior of governments and nonstate armed groups. We propose a game-theoretic model of how the interaction between governments and NSAs shape their incentives to commit to and comply with international humanitarian norms. Our empirical evidence highlights the importance of these interdependencies between governments and NSAs in the realm of humanitarian engagements. KW - civil wars, civilian casualties, human rights, international treaties Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002716650924 SN - 0022-0027 VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 346 EP - 380 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bormann, Nils-Christian A1 - Cederman, Lars-Erik A1 - Gates, Scott A1 - Graham, Benjamin A.T. A1 - Hug, Simon A1 - Strom, Kaare A1 - Wucherpfennig, Julian T1 - Power Sharing: Institutions, Behavior, and Peace JF - American Journal of Political Science Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12407 VL - 63 IS - 1 SP - 84 EP - 100 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Cederman, Lars-Erik A1 - Hug, Simon A1 - Wucherpfennig, Julian T1 - Sharing Power, Securing Peace? Ethnic Inclusion and Civil War. Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/sharing-power-securing-peace-ethnic-inclusion-and-civil-war?format=PB SN - 9781108418140 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede A1 - Wucherpfennig, Julian A1 - Hug, Simon A1 - Garnes Reigstad, Karina T1 - Polygyny or Misogyny? Reexamining the "First Law of Intergroup Conflict" JF - The Journal of Politics N2 - Kanazawa (2009) proposes a “first law of intergroup conflict,” suggesting that polygyny and its impact on access to reproductive women provides “the ultimate cause” for civil war. This controversial claim is supported by an empirical analysis at odds with most existing studies of civil wars. We reconsider the influence of polygyny in a more conventional statistical model. We fail to find evidence that ethnic groups with polygyny engage more frequently in civil wars, although it is possible to find results indicating that civil wars may be more common in states with legal polygamy. We detail how these findings seem at odds with Kanazawa’s theory and argue that misogyny seems a more plausible source of insights into the context for civil war and peace. We then show that civil wars are less common when women’s rights are better established and that legal polygamy has no discernable residual effect once women’s rights are considered. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381610001003 SN - 0022-3816 VL - 73 IS - 1 SP - 265 EP - 270 ER -