Hello Maysaa,

These two papers are based on research for theses:

Sherwood, K., & Liebling-Kalifani, H. (2012). A grounded theory investigation into the experiences of African women refugees: Effects on resilience and identity and implications for service provision1. Journal of International Women's Studies, 13(1), 86.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286816429_A_grounded_theory_investigation_into_the_experiences_of_african_women_refugees_Effects_on_resilience_and_identity_and_implications_for_service_provision

Porobić, S. Migration and mental health: well-being and resilient practices of adaptation among permanently (re) settled Bosnian refugees in Sweden.

http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net/en/conferences/RRPP-Annual-Conference-2013/Conference-Papers-2013/mainColumnParagraphs/02/text_files/file0/Porobic_Selma.pdf

Many of these are by authors who belong to ResearchGate:

Betancourt, T. S., & Khan, K. T. (2008). The mental health of children affected by armed conflict: protective processes and pathways to resilience. International Review of Psychiatry, 20(3), 317-328.

This is the full text:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613765/

And this is the RG link:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5285727_The_mental_health_of_children_affected_by_armed_conflict_Protective_processes_and_pathways_to_resilience

This paper is quite old now, but probably relevant to you:

Tedeschi, R. G. (1999). Violence transformed: Posttraumatic growth in survivors and their societies. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 4(3), 319-341.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Tedeschi/publication/222506724_Violence_transformed_Posttraumatic_growth_in_survivors_and_their_societies/links/02e7e51c8e52b35c34000000.pdf

There may be something in these links:

Walsh, F. (2007). Traumatic loss and major disasters: Strengthening family and community resilience. Family process, 46(2), 207-227.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6243373

This review might cite some relevant papers that you have not come across:

Siriwardhana, C., Ali, S. S., Roberts, B., & Stewart, R. (2014). A systematic review of resilience and mental health outcomes of conflict-driven adult forced migrants. Conflict and health, 8(1), 1.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265213385_A_systematic_review_of_resilience_and_mental_health_outcomes_of_conflict-driven_adult_forced_migrants

Ai, A. L., & Park, C. L. (2005). Possibilities of the positive following violence and trauma informing the coming decade of research. Journal of interpersonal violence, 20(2), 242-250.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Crystal_Park/publication/8127772_Possibilities_of_the_positive_following_violence_and_trauma_informing_the_coming_decade_of_research/links/00b7d5360452c1978c000000.pdf

Justino, P. (2012). Resilience in protracted crises: exploring coping mechanisms and resilience of households, communities and local institutions. High-Level Expert Forum on Food Security in Protracted Crises, Rome, 13-14.9.2012.

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/cfs_high_level_forum/documents/Resilience_in_protracted_crises_PJustino_01.pdf

I hope there is something useful that you have not already read.

Very best wishes,

Mary

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Hello Mary,

Thank you so much! Maysaa

Consider thinking about war as:

a) Impacting on social networks (creating new and destroying old relations);

b) War as eye opener: one is forced to learn new things, adapt new copying strategies, and survive in different environs (environmental adaptability)

c) War as an economy: copying as a function of the responses to displacement from the international community and the resulting construction of "displacement economies"

Just thinking. Thanks

Hi Sabastiano,

Thank you so sharing your thoughts. Do you know of any literature, studies, thesis/ academic studies?

Best,

Maysaa

Dear Maysaa,

Thank you for the response and interest. Consider reading:

1) Elisabeth Jean Wood, 2008. "The Social Processes of Civil War: The Wartime Transformation of Social Networks", Annual Review of Political Science

Vol. 11: 539-561 

2) Sarah Elisabeth Parkinson, 2013. "Organizing Rebellion: Rethinking High-Risk Mobilization and Social Networks in War", American Political Science Review, Vol. 107 (3):418-432

3) Alessandro Monsutti, 2005. War and Migration, London and New York: Routledge. Translation by Patrick Camiller

4) S. Melman, 1973. "Pentagon Capitalism: The Political Economy of War", in H. M. Hodges (ed.), Conflict and Consensus. Readings Toward a Sociological Perspective, New York: Harper and Row, pp. 209-216

5) Allan R. Millett and Williamson Murray, 1989. "Lessons of War", The National Interest, No. 14: 83-95

6) The famous Greed-Grievance thesis by Collier and Hoeffler

Each of the above suggested readings speaks to the different mechanisms I earlier suggested and should be useful in finding other readings that help you theorise and empirically demonstrate those mechanisms.

Best

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