Why Do Some Civil Wars Not Happen? : Peru and Bolivia Compared.

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Cover; Why Do Some Civil Wars Not Happen?; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Peace and Conflict Studies; 1.2 Escalation Reconceptualized; 2 Internal Violent Conflict Escalation; 2.1 Republic of Peru; 2.1.1 Historical Background; 2.1.2 Conflict Episodes; 2.1.3 Why Did Civil War Happen in Peru?; 2.2 Plurinational State of Bolivia; 2.2.1 Historical Background; 2.2.2 Conflict Episodes; 2.2.3 Why Did Civil War Not Happen in Bolivia?; 3 Conclusion; 3.1 Variances and Parallels; 3.1.1 Timing; 3.1.2 Agency; 3.1.3 Spatial Extent; 3.2 Alternative Explanations; 3.3 Limits of Generalization.

3.4 Implications for Future ResearchBibliography.

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Since its early beginnings peace and conflict research has focused on causes of phenomena such as civil war, terrorism, and state failure. The author merges this approach with a peace causes perspective and asks why civil war happened in Peru (1980-1995) though not in Bolivia, which is striking given the structural similarities with Peru as well as a number of escalation episodes leading the country to the brink of civil war (2000-2008). He explores the political measures such as reforms and political dialogue, which prevented the country from rather hazardous consequences.

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