Shanna Kirschner

Trust and Fear in Civil Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Ending Intrastate Conflicts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why do some civil wars last a long time, while others end relatively quickly? Trust and Fear in Civil Wars examines the conditions under which individuals are willing to lay down their weapons under a settlement agreement. The author argues that wars are easiest to resolve when combatants believe that their adversaries will uphold a deal or that the costs of renewed war will be low. Several key sources of information inform this calculation. Drawing on both cross-national and case study data, including detailed interviews, the book demonstrates that when information suggests either that a peace agreement is likely to break down orthat the results of a broken deal will be especially deadly, a settlement leaves combatants too vulnerable to countenance, resulting in wars lasting longer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739196427
• Artikelnr.: 47465460

Autorenporträt

Shanna Kirschner is assistant professor of political science at Allegheny College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Trust and Fears for the Future
Chapter Three: Trust and Fear across Civil Wars Chapter Four: Sri Lanka:
Both Short And Long Civil Wars Chapter Five: Turkey: Ongoing Conflict With
No Settlement Chapter Six: Cyprus: Frozen Conflict with No Settlement
Chapter Seven: Conclusions