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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.
List 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.
About the author
Karl DeRouen, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and Director of the International Studies B. A. Program at The University of Alabama. His previous appointment was at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His main research interests are civil war dynamics, peace agreements, and mediation and he has authored or co-authored articles, books, and chapters on civil war, mediation, diversionary use of force, defense economics, peacekeeping, and international political economy.Edward Newman is Professor of International Security and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Security Challenges in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. Amongst his previous appointments, he was Director of Studies on Conflict and Security in the Peace and Governance Programme at the United Nations University, based in Tokyo.Paul Bellamy, a senior researcher in New Zealand, has published numerous reviewed papers. He is a former political science lecturer at the University of Canterbury, and has undertaken research for the international organisations such as Transparency International and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. He has authored or co-authored and co-edited work on conflict and security.
