Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-21DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2209483
A. Wargo
{"title":"The United Nations Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism as an Early Warning Tool to Prevent the Recruitment and Use of Children in Armed Conflict","authors":"A. Wargo","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2209483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2209483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44657794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2253048
José A. Gutiérrez
{"title":"Process and Effect in Tilly’s Analytical Toolbox: A Brief Discussion of Charles Tilly’s State-Making and War-Making Model","authors":"José A. Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2253048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2253048","url":null,"abstract":"Charles Tilly’s seminal work is known for changing the paradigm of state formation to centre the role of war, coercion","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"1 1","pages":"562 - 568"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2249322
Jason Quinn, Matthew Hauenstein
{"title":"Global Termination and Recurrence Macro Trends: A Follow-Up to Licklider and Dixon","authors":"Jason Quinn, Matthew Hauenstein","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2249322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2249322","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this Special 25th Anniversary Issue, we (re)examine several macro historical trends concerning civil war termination and recurrence that were raised in the journal’s first issue by Roy Licklider and then followed-up on 10 years later by Jeffrey Dixon. These trends have to do with: (1) the global prevalence of recurrence; (2) the global prevalence of termination types; (3) patterns of recurrence by termination type, and (4) post-conflict patterns of civilian victimisation by termination type. With the advantage of more comprehensive and more systematised data, the analysis identifies several structural breaks in termination and recurrence trends, as well as differences in how outcomes regulate the inflow and outflow of fighting groups in countries. Over decades, conflict recurrence has been becoming more and more concentrated in a smaller subset of countries, and the majority of conflict recurrences are caused by new groups and not by previously terminated groups. Around 59 per cent of recurrences following peace accords are caused by new groups with no prior appearance in the conflict record, while 71 per cent of recurrences following government victory are caused by new groups. Since 2010, termination rates have declined by 25 per cent and recurrence rates have risen 44 per cent compared to the period 1990–2009. In addition, new conflicts entering the system after 2010 are up 150 per cent. As a result of these macro trends, the number of ongoing civil wars in the world is currently at an all time high.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"26 1","pages":"268 - 289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2249323
Edoardo Corradi
{"title":"Beyond Armed Competition: The Logic of Rebel Groups’ Alliance Formation","authors":"Edoardo Corradi","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2249323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2249323","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Why do rebel groups decide to create alliances with other non-state armed groups? And with whom? The existing literature on alliance formation in civil wars is divided into two paradigms. The former paradigm is related to a neo-realist approach to power politics drawing from the International Relations literature on alliance formation. In contrast, the latter considers the role of ethnic and ideological constituencies in determining rebel groups’ preferences. These two paradigms of alliance formation, although non-competitive, can answer the previous questions in combination. This article aims to reframe the existing scholarship on alliance formation in civil wars and bridge the two paradigms by developing a typology based on the role of the coalition’s short- and long-term goals and its internal composition in terms of ethnicity and ideology. The typology also presents a more nuanced understanding of why and with whom rebel groups ally by identifying four types of configurations, differentiating between tactical and strategic alliances, and homogeneous and heterogeneous compositions. By reframing the existing literature within the paradigms mentioned above and bridging them with the typology, the article paves the way for future research, particularly by understanding how alliances might change and evolve during civil wars.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"3 1","pages":"249 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2255431
James Worrall, Clive Jones
{"title":"Consolidating and Expanding Civil Wars as a Field of Study: Editorial Reflections, 2006–2010","authors":"James Worrall, Clive Jones","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2255431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2255431","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"31 1","pages":"162 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2253618
Rebecca Tapscott, Daniel Rincón Machón
{"title":"Reviews, Otherwise: Introducing the New Reviews Section of Civil Wars","authors":"Rebecca Tapscott, Daniel Rincón Machón","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2253618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2253618","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The conclusion to this reviews section reflects on the role that reviews play in the sub-discipline of conflict studies, and – from this vantage point – it takes stock of the reviews section in Civil Wars since its inception. We find that the reviews section to date both reflects and to some extent reproduces hierarchies and power dynamics that are well-recognised in the academy. With this in mind, we have set out a proposal for ‘reviews, otherwise’, including several new review types intended to further cultivate critical reflection and engagement while also opening the reviews section to new and different perspectives.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"74 1","pages":"606 - 613"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2249321
Juliana Tappe Ortiz
{"title":"100 Years of Solitude Revisited: A Critical Analysis of 25 Years of Scholarship on Colombia’s Civil Conflict","authors":"Juliana Tappe Ortiz","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2249321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2249321","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Over the last 25 years, Colombia has emerged as a highly influential case study in the civil wars literature. This article takes stock of the English-speaking literature on civil conflict in Colombia, discussing the quantity, impact, and challenges of scholarship on Colombia vis-à-vis the wider civil wars field. It shows that work on Colombia has particularly influenced debates on rebel governance and socialisation, civilian victimisation, and local correlates of conflict in broader civil wars studies. The article then highlights challenges in the study of Colombia to date, calling particularly for greater attention to the decentralisation of knowledge production and tackling widening discrepancies between micro- and macro-level data.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"31 1","pages":"398 - 427"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139363924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Civil WarsPub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2023.2254654
H. Pfeifer, Regine Schwab
{"title":"Re-examining the State/Non-State Binary in the Study of (Civil) War","authors":"H. Pfeifer, Regine Schwab","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2023.2254654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2023.2254654","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One of the fundamental distinctions informing studies on civil war is that between state and non-state actors as parties to an armed conflict. As we argue, however, this binary has recently come under increased scrutiny in light of real-world developments in armed conflicts. The article builds on newer scholarly contributions that have exposed the porous boundaries between state and non-state actors and orders while demonstrating a striking convergence in their behaviour. Drawing on examples from conflict zones in West Asia and North Africa, we investigate phenomena in civil wars that uncover the tenuity of state/non-state distinction.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"31 1","pages":"428 - 451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139364053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}