Violent Resistance

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Av Corinna Jentzsch, Corinna (Universiteit Leiden) Jentzsch

549 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Finns i fler format (1)

Inbunden

1 319 kr

Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar

Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance explains the timing, location and process through which communities form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias that fight alongside the government against rebels. Militias spread only to communities in which elites are relatively unified, preventing elites from coopting militias for private gains. Crucially, militias that build on preexisting social conventions are able to resonate with the people and empower them to regain agency over their lives. Jentzsch's innovative study brings conceptual clarity to the militia phenomenon and helps us understand how wartime civilian agency, violent resistance, and the rise of third actors beyond governments and rebels affect the dynamics of civil war, on the African continent and beyond. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-08-22
Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt404 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Antal sidor244
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009514491

Tillhör följande kategorier

1. Introduction: militias in civil wars; 2. Third actors and civilian agency: moving beyond a dichotomous understanding of civil wars; 3. Intervention, autonomy, and power in polarized societies: challenges and opportunities of historical fieldwork; 4. A war over people: an analysis of Mozambique's civil war; 5. People tired of war: the timing of community-initiated militia formation; 6. The diffusion of repertoires of collective action: the location of community-initiated militia formation; 7. The power of a vaccine: the process of community-initiated militia formation; 8. Conclusion: violence and civilian agency in civil wars; Appendix: data collection and analysis; References; Index.

'Jentzsch treats civilian self-defense during civil wars with methodological astuteness and theoretical sophistication. The book, using novel data from intensive field research, explores the hard choices civilians face when caught between state and insurgent forces. It is a valuable contribution to both the policy and academic domains.' Ariel I. Ahram, Professor and GIA Program Chair, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech