Rethinking violence : states and non-state actors in conflict / Erica Chenoweth and Adria Lawrence, editors ; [foreword by Stathis N. Kalyvas].

"Foreword by Stathis N. Kalyvas."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Although major wars between sovereign states have become rare contemporary world politics has been rife with internal conflict, ethnic cleansing, and violence against civilians. This book asks how, why, and when states and non-state actors use violence against one another.

"States, nationalist movements, and ethnic groups in conflict with one another often face a choice between violent and nonviolent strategies. Although major wars between sovereign states have become rare, contemporary world politics has been rife with internal conflict, ethnic cleansing, and violence against civilians. This book asks how, why, and when states and non-state actors use violence against one another, and examines the effectiveness of various forms of political violence. In the process of addressing these issues, the essays make two conceptual moves that illustrate the need to reconsider the way violence by states and non-state actors has typically been studied and understood. The first is to think of violence not as dichotomous, as either present or absent, but to consider the wide range of nonviolent and violent options available and ask why actors come to embrace particular strategies. The second is to explore the dynamic nature of violent conflicts, developing explanations that can account for the eruption of violence at particular moments in time. The arguments focus on how changes in the balance of power between and among states and non-state actors generate uncertainty and threat, thereby creating an environment conducive to violence. This innovative way of understanding violence deemphasizes the role of ethnic cleavages and nationalism in modern conflict."--Provided by publisher.

Internal conflict and political violence : new developments in research / Stathis N. Kalyvas -- Introduction / Adria Lawrence and Erica Chenoweth -- Targeting civilians to win? Assessing the military effectiveness of civilian victimization in interstate war / Alexander B. Downes and Kathryn McNabb Cochran -- War, collaboration, and endogenous ethnic polarization : the path to ethnic cleansing / H. Zeynep Bulutgil -- Assimilation and its alternatives : caveats in the study of nation-building policies / Harris Mylonas -- Ethnic partition under the League of Nations : the cases of population exchanges in the interwar Balkans / Erin K. Jenne -- Driven to arms? The escalation to violence in Nationalist conflicts / Adria Lawrence -- Dissent, repression, and inconsistency / Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and Emily Beaulieu -- A composite-actor approach to conflict behavior / Wendy Pearlman -- The turn to violence in self-determination struggles in Chechnya and Punjab / Kristin M. Bakke -- Mobilization and resistance : a framework for analysis / Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan.

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