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Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict book cover

1st Edition

Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict

Edited By Magnus Öberg, Kaare Strøm Copyright 2008
320 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars. Written by leading researchers in the field of conflict research, it provides new insights into, and offers fresh perspectives on the role of governance... Read more


Part I. Introducing Civil Conflict

1. Introduction 1
Magnus Öberg and Kaare Strøm

2. Civil Conflict in the Contemporary World 
Kristine Eck, Bethany Lacina, and Magnus Öberg

Part II. Causes and Dynamics

3. Insights from Macro Studies of the Risk of Civil War 
Bethany Lacina

4. Civil Wars and Interstate Disputes 
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Idean Salehyan

5. Robin Hood or Al Capone? Natural Resources and Conflict in India’s Naxalite Insurgency 
Wm. Noël Ivey

6. Government Restructuring and Reallocation of Resources in the face of Ethno-Nationalist Insurgency in the Basque Country (1979-2005) 
Enric Martínez-Herrera

7. Political Marginalization and Economic Exclusion in the Making of Insurgencies in Sudan 
Aleksi Ylönen

8. Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability 
Scott Gates and Håvard Strand

Part III. Termination and Post-Conflict Stability

9. Enforcing Alone: Collective Action in Ethnic Conflicts Settlement 
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis

10. From Bullets to Ballots: Using the People as Arbitrators to Settle Civil Wars 
Margareta Sollenberg

11. Democracy after War: Causes and Consequences of the 1948 Civil War in Costa Rica 
Fernando F. Sánchez
12. Democracies, Disengagement and Deals: Exploring the Effect of Different Types of Mediators in Civil Conflict  
Isak Svensson

13. Rebels on the Outside: Signatories Signaling Commitment to Durable Peace 408
Desirée Nilsson

Part IV. Conclusions

14. Conclusions 
Magnus Öberg and Kaare Strøm

Biography

Magnus Öberg is Director of Studies at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden, and Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

Kaare Strøm is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, USA, and Research Professor, Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

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