The phrase "greed versus grievance" or "greed and grievance" refer to the two baseline arguments put forward by scholars of armed conflict War is a behavior pattern exhibited by many primate species including humans, and also found in many ant species. The primary feature of this behavior pattern is a certain state of organized violent conflict that is engaged in between two or more separate social entities. Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the psychological on the causes of civil war A civil war is a war between organized groups within a single nation state, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation-state. The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. It is high-intensity conflict, often, though the argument has been extended to other forms of war War is a behaviour pattern exhibited by many primate species including humans, and also found in many ant species. The primary feature of this behaviour pattern is a certain state of organized violent conflict that is engaged in between two or more separate social entities. Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the psychological.
"Greed Greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods;Greed , also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against God, just" is shorthand for the argument that combatants in armed conflicts are motivated by a desire to better their situation ,and perform an informal cost-benefit analysis Under both definitions the process involves, whether explicitly or implicitly, weighing the total expected costs against the total expected benefits of one or more actions in order to choose the best or most profitable option. The formal process is often referred to as either CBA or BCA (Benefit-Cost Analysis) in examining if the rewards of joining a rebellion Rebellion is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts to destroy an established authority such as a government. Those who participate in rebellions are known as "rebels". A rebel is are greater than not joining. "Grievance A grievance may arise from injustice or tyranny, and be cause for rebellion or revolution" stands for the argument that people rebel over issues of identity, e.g. ethnicity An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and a tradition of common ancestry (corresponding to a history of endogamy), religion Religion is the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or a set of beliefs concerning the origin and purpose of the universe. It is commonly regarded as consisting of a person’s relation to God or to gods or spirits. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories associated with their deity or deities, that are, social class Social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society. Class is an essential object of analysis for sociologists, political scientists, economists, anthropologists and social historians. In the social sciences, social class is often discussed in terms of 'social stratification'. In the modern Western context, stratification, etc., rather than over economics Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία from οἶκος (oikos, "house") + νόμος (nomos, "custom" or "law"), hence "rules of the house(hold)". Current economic. In practice, even proponents of strong versions of these arguments admit that the opposing argument has some influence in the development of a conflict.
The strong case for the "greed" argument was made by Paul Collier Paul Collier, CBE is a Professor of Economics, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at The University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College. From 1998 – 2003 he was the director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank and Anke Hoeffler in a study they performed for the World Bank World Bank is a term used to describe an international financial institution that provides leveraged loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank has a stated goal of reducing poverty at the turn of the millennium. Since then, the Collier-Hoeffler Model has been the focus of much of the greed-grievance debate.
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- Collier, Paul Paul Collier, CBE is a Professor of Economics, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at The University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College. From 1998 – 2003 he was the director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank and Anke Hoeffler. Greed and Grievance in Civil WarPDF, The World Bank The World Bank Group is a family of five international organizations that makes leveraged loans, generally to poor countries. The Bank came into formal existence on 27 December 1945 following international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements, which emerged from the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1 July – 22 July 1944) Policy Research Working Paper 2355, May 2000
- Ganesan, Arvind and Alex Vines, "Engine of War: Resources, Greed, and the Predatory State" in World Report 2004, Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington D.C, 2004
- Berdal, Mats and David M. Malone, eds. Greed & Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars, Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, Colorado, 2000
- Bragg, Belinda. and Shaykhutdinov, Renat. "Do Grievances Matter: An Experimental Examination of the Greed vs. Grievance Debate" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Classical Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon USA, Jul 04, 2007.
- Agbonifo, John. Beyond Greed and Grievance: Negotiating Political Settlement and Peace in AfricaPDF, Peace, Conflict and Development, Issue Four, April 2004, ISSN: 1742-0601
- de Soysa, Indra. Paradise is a Bazaar? Greed, Creed, Grievance and Governance, UNU-WIDER Discussion Paper, 2001/42, ISBN 9789524552080
- Vinci, Anthony. "Greed-Grievance Reconsidered: The Role of Power and Survival in the Motivation of Armed Groups", Civil Wars, Volume 8, Issue 1 2006 , pages 25 - 45
- Bodea, Cristina and Ibrahim A. Elbadawi, "Riots, coups and civil war : revisiting the greed and grievance debate", The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4397, November 2007
- Abdullah, Ibrahim. "Africans Do Not Live By Bread Alone: Against Greed, Not Grievance"PDF, Africa Review of Books Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It was established in 1973, Vol 2, Iss 1, ISSN 0851-7592, pp. 12-13
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