TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Where Two Elephants Meet, the Grass Suffers: A Case Study of Intractable Conflict in Karamoja, Uganda
JO  - American behavioral scientist
A1  - Jabs, L.
SP  - 1498
EP  - 1519
VL  - 50
IS  - 11
N2  - Over the past three decades, the once-adaptive practice of "taking by force" (cattle raiding) by pastoralist tribes in Northern Uganda has been transformed into a violent, ongoing intractable conflict within the tribes that threatens to destroy the Karimojong people and their way of life. This article suggests that in addition to the typical sources of intractable conflict, a massive influx of automatic weapons not only created instability in the community but also led to a shift in cultural norms. Several cultural norms now perpetuate the conflict, leading to increased intractability.<p /> 
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SN  - 0002-7642
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207302466
ID  - ref1
ER  -