Resisting War - How Communities Protect Themselves

This book explores how local social organization and cohesion enable covert and overt nonviolent strategies.

List of contents

1. Introduction: civilian autonomy in civil war; 2. A theory of civilian decision-making in civil war; 3. The history of conflict and local autonomy in Colombia; 4. Living to tell about it: research in conflict settings; 5. How civilian organizations affect civil war violence; 6. Why some communities are more organized than others; 7. The institution of the ATCC: protection through conciliation; 8. Discovering civilian autonomy in Cundinamarca; 9. Civilian autonomy around the world; 10. Conclusions and policy implications.

About the author

Oliver Kaplan is an Assistant Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He was previously a postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University, New Jersey in the Woodrow Wilson School and at Stanford University, California. His research for Resisting War received the Martin Diskin Dissertation Award honorable mention from the Latin American Studies Association.

Summary

Based on fieldwork and statistical analysis, this book explains how local social organization and cohesion enable both covert and overt nonviolent strategies, including avoidance, cultures of peace, protest, and negotiation. These 'autonomy' strategies help civilians retain their agency and avoid becoming helpless victims by limiting the inroads of armed groups.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Kaplan, Oliver (University of Denver) Kaplan, Kaplan Oliver
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316612446
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61244-6
• No. of pages: 394
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, International Relations, Political structure & processes, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Violence in society, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Violence and abuse in society, Political structure and processes