Rivalry and Revenge - The Politics of Violence during Civil War (Paperback)

What explains violence against civilians in civil wars? Why do groups kill civilians in areas where they have full military control and their rivals have no military presence? This innovative book connects pre-war politics to patterns of violence during civil war. It argues that both local political rivalry and local revenge account for violence against civilians. Armed groups perpetrate direct violence jointly with local civilians, who collaborate when violence can help them gain or consolidate local political control. As civil war continues, revenge motives also come into play, leading to spirals of violence at a local level. In an important contribution to the study of the Spanish Civil War, Balcells combines statistical analyses with ethnographic and qualitative research to provide new insights to scholars and academic researchers with an interest in civil war, politics and conflict processes. Rivalry and Revenge is theoretically and empirically rich, and it offers a theory and method generalizable to a wide set of cases.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date:	September 2017
Authors:	Laia Balcells
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	285
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-54821-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	1-107-54821-7
Barcode:	9781107548213

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