naa a22 4500 510773885 CHVBK 20180411083223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12110-012-9157-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12110-012-9157-5 Risk, Uncertainty, and Violence in Eastern Africa [Elektronische Daten] A Regional Comparison [Carol Ember, Teferi Adem, Ian Skoggard] Previous research on warfare in a worldwide sample of societies by Ember and Ember (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 36, 242-262, 1992a) found a strong relationship between resource unpredictability (particularly food scarcity caused by natural disasters) in nonstate, nonpacified societies and overall warfare frequency. Focusing on eastern Africa, a region frequently plagued with subsistence uncertainty as well as violence, this paper explores the relationships between resource problems, including resource unpredictability, chronic scarcity, and warfare frequencies. It also examines whether resource scarcity predicts more resource-taking in land, movable property, and people, as well as the commission of atrocities. Results support previous worldwide results regarding the relationship between resource unpredictability and warfare frequency. Results regarding resource-taking and atrocities are more nuanced and complex. In almost all findings, relationships are generally in opposite directions in nonstate and state societies. In post-hoc analyses, atrocities are significantly more likely to be committed in states than in nonstates. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2012 Warfare nationallicence Resource unpredictability nationallicence Resource scarcity nationallicence Eastern Africa nationallicence Resource-taking nationallicence Atrocities nationallicence Ember Carol Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut Adem Teferi Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut Skoggard Ian Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut Human Nature Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1(2013-03-01), 33-58 1045-6767 24:1<33 2013 24 12110 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-012-9157-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-012-9157-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ember Carol Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adem Teferi Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skoggard Ian Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, 755 Prospect Street, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Nature Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1(2013-03-01), 33-58 1045-6767 24:1<33 2013 24 12110 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer