Description
Civil wars and intrastate armed conflict are the predominant form of organized violence in the contemporary era. Beyond their direct devastating impact, they fundamentally change societies and are linked to broader global issues and challenges. Taking a thematic approach with a focus on conflict management and peacebuilding, this accessible textbook, written for post-graduate and senior undergraduate courses, engages with recent research and comprehensive data to explore the nature of civil war and violent intrastate conflict. With analysis of current and historical conflicts integrated into the chapter coverage, helpful features include boxes highlighting key cases and topics, discussion points opening each chapter, graphs that illustrate important trends, photographs of significant conflicts, suggested readings for each chapter, and a timeline signposting major conflict and security events since 1945. Online resources are provided as an accessible entry point to topics for instructors, students and researchers from different backgrounds, including those less familiar with data.
Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Debates and Approaches in Researching and Studying Civil War; 3. Impact of Civil War and Intrastate Conflict; 4. Causes of Civil War; 5. Natural Resources and Intrastate Conflict; 6. Proxy War and Internationalized Intrastate Conflict; 7. Insurgency, Rebel Governance and Counterinsurgency; 8. Atrocities and Violence in Civil War; 9. Termination of Civil War and Post-Conflict Challenges; 10. International Intervention, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding; 11. Terrorism, Civil War and Intrastate Conflict; 12. Conclusion: Policy Implications for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding; Brief Timeline of Civil Wars and Related Events; Appendices; Glossary of key UCDP conflict terms; References; Index.
