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Rebels and Conflict Escalation

Explaining the Rise and Decline in Violence

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Gebonden, 200 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2021
ISBN13: 9781316518472
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Hoofdrubriek : Mens en maatschappij
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Violence during war often involves upswings and downturns that have, to date, been insufficiently explained. Why does violence at a particular point in time increase in intensity and why do actors in war decrease the level of violence at other points? Duyvesteyn discusses the potential explanatory variables for escalation and de-escalation in conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents. Using theoretical arguments and examples from modern history, this book presents the most notable causal mechanisms or shifts in the shape of propositions that could explain the rise and decline of non-state actor violence after the start and before the termination of conflict. This study critically reflects on the conceptualisation of escalation as linear, rational and wilful, and instead presents an image of rebel escalation as accidental, messy and within a very limited range of control.

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ISBN13:9781316518472
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:200
Verschijningsdatum:10-6-2021

Over Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Isabelle Duyvesteyn is a Professor of International Studies at the Institute of History at Leiden University in the Netherlands. She completed her PhD in War Studies at King's College London on military theory. Prior to joining the Leiden History Institute, she held a special chair in Strategic Studies at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden. Her research interests include contemporary history and theory of war, peace and security.

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Inhoudsopgave

1. Rebels and escalation; 2. Escalation and de-escalation; 3. Political opportunity and rebel violence; 4. Political will; provocation and concession; 5. Capabilities; strategy; 6. Capabilities; substitution; 7. Political will; group processes and individual considerations; 8. Legitimacy and support; 9. De-Escalation; 10. The escalation and de-escalation of rebel violence; Index.

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