Relationship Between Greed And Grievance

reality of the most brutal 20th century civil war in Sierra Leone. Mariatu tells a very

This theory is very broadly focused and examines a society as a whole rather than an individual’s motivation for crime. In lecture, Miriam Bohmert, Ph.D. explained that in conflict theory, the law “Emphasizes & preserves private property, which belongs to the ruling class…Appears to promote legal equality…But really just serves to pacify the powerless” (Bohmert, Ph.D.). In the Occupy Wall Street movement, the marginalization of the poor was made clear by the severity of economic distress in 2011. The “unemployment rate was above 9%,” (Jihong) which placed the United States into a vulnerable state, allowing citizens to question the intentions of those in power and attempt to force those in power to provide solutions to the problem or become subject to violence. Although one can discredit conflict theory’s influence on this movement, citing the fact that those in power remained in power, one can argue that the shift of power occurs naturally through the United States political process, and the movement simply affected future politicians stances on issues that are meant to reflect the desires of the citizens that they represent. Conflict theory explains the vulnerable state that the United States was in that led to the Occupy Wall Street movement, which influenced citizens to reconsider their stance on issues that would

A brief historical account of Sierra Leone may provide only a glimmer as to why the Sierra

“Liberian Civil war fought in 1989-1996, is among the most deadly and destructive war in the history that lasted for more than 7 years and killed almost 3 hundred thousand people. This war was the worst ever in the history of Africa because it caused the infrastructural and property damage in the country. The war also displaced more than 1 million people in refugee camps in neighboring countries. This war led to a complete breakdown of law and order in the country. There was not any direct cause that led to this war but several reasons contributed in the creation of this destructive event. Hunger for power, greed and opportunities to control and to get more out of Liberia’s natural resources were the main reasons behind this conflict. As D. Elwood Dunn quoted “We begin with the assumption that the conflict arose from the tugs and pulls of different identities the differential distribution of

When a researcher studies the causes of most wars, the causes for nearly any war are usually innumerable. However, there are a select few wars that even in the presence of several different motives, one underlying object or ideal seems to always be the root of the problem. One prime example of this idea is the American Civil War wherein almost every individual soldier had a different reason for being on the battlefront. One nation whose people had grown into a melting pot had slowly been torn down the center for several decades before the inevitable war came. Slavery seemed to affect everything in the United States during the time leading up to, during, and even after the Civil War. Thus, the issue was unavoidable, and whatsoever conflict

These events that led to the civil war in Sierra Leone destroyed its economic, political, and social system. The economics have been driven down since independence as seen before, from smugglers, to crooked political leaders destroying the economic system into pieces. The collapse of the economic system can trace back to many things. The political system has played a big part in it. The corrupt leaders as seen before in history like Stevens, and Mohob. In the book “Along Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah he experiences the messed up politics. He had first heard about it in the news about neighboring wars. Those wars were in Liberia. He had first hand experience, as he had fought for the government side which is no better than the rebels known as RUF. Ishmael roughly experiences this as he says

Before reading “A Long Way Gone,” I was not at all familiar with the civil wars occurring in Sierra Leone. I didn’t know anything about Sierra Leone’s political dynamics either, however I could infer much about what might be going on there if asked. At least that is what I thought. That is until I read part of Ishmael’s memoir. I figured, previously to reading the memoir, that civil wars began as a result of some generally good reason, and were continued for a generally good reason. The civil wars in Sierra Leone, as I read, were quite the opposite, rather blind fight for power, as narrated by Beah, “A lot of things were done with no reason or explanation.” It is also implied that each side in the war believed that they themselves were doing

In section five, Richards discusses a relationship between greed and capitalism. Even though there are some authors that argue that greed is not necessarily bad, Richards makes it clear from the very beginning that greed is unacceptable as it is one of the seven deadly sins. Nevertheless, he also states that bad individual intentions can sometimes lead to good outcomes on a social basis. For instance, someone can start a company out of greed, but if that company succeeds, it contributes to the economy of the society. This argument suggests that the outcome is more important than the intention, which ironically contradicts the Bible used as the reference at the beginning since Jesus emphasizes that good intention is more important than the outcome.

Despite its immense potential, very little of this wealth has benefited the Congolese people. Instead, all of its riches have attracted adventurers, warlords, corrupt governments, and unscrupulous corporations, and divided the population into competing groups. This is the main source of the conflict that rids the majority of eastern DRC (“The world factbook,” 2017).

Collier’s Greed and Grievance stands for an argument that intrastate and intestate conflicts are enthused by desire, desire to better their predicament; the cost-benefit analysis indicates that the incentives of a rebellion compared to silence are significantly high, is known as “greed”. The argument presented in “grievance” is that people dissident due to identity dilemmas; for example, ethnicity, social class and religion. Both play a role in an intrastate conflict, sometimes one drives the other and others the each of the argument are the sole conspirator of transpiring a rebellion. However, Collier concentrated on the economic factors that play into a conflict; the yearning for self-enrichment, greed.

When analyzing Frantz Fanon’s theory on violence, although captivating and provoking, I think of it not being completely applied in Africa. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the war-for-profit strategy is current and resulting in six million deaths, which are still rising because of a resource war. Continents

This paper focuses on the British military intervention that occurred in Sierra Leone, on May 7 2000. As well as the effect of the intervention’s contribution towards ending the war and implementing peace-building strategies. The intervention was successful in the short term, however, it is questionable whether it was based on encouraging development. The other participants include the United Nations, President Kabbah and the remaining rebel armies of West Africa. One of the main rebel armies involved, the Revolutionary United Front, were known for their violence that spread amongst neighbouring countries. The participants were known for a negotiation, called the Lome Peace Agreement, resulting in the United Nation unsuccessfully peacekeeping.

Collier (2003) also argues that economic agendas appear to be central to understanding why civil wars start. Civil wars need both motive and opportunity incentives to start conflicts. However he argues that opportunities are more important in explaining conflicts than motives. I think the new trend to focus on the means of financing conflicts, coupled with the failure of rebel groups to articulate and achieve their objectives, have led to a discourse to find ‘rational’ arguments to dismiss the grievance factor of conflicts as explained by Arowobusoye (2005). I would argue that identity and ethnicity are major factors that are more accurate than the war economies in the instigation of civil wars.

The empirical study of Collier and Hoeffler of 2004 will serve as starting point and basis of this paper, as it has initiated the debate about whether greed or grievance explanations about the origins of civil wars are inferior, as well as it was extremely famous and influential - not only in the academic sector, but also in policy and donor circles and the media (Berdal, 2005; Keen). However, because policy implications resulting out of their economic based conclusion are not overall appropriate, the study needs to be revisited with new data and novel approaches.

Building a nation… Slavery, Independence, Constitution, Military coups to Presidential elections! Senior Enlisted leaders, it is important to know that the freedoms we all prefer comes with a cost of sacrifice, bloodshed, and for some, nation before self for democracy. This essay will discuss the background, government, strategic importance, and future direction of Sierra Leone.