Civil WarsPub Date : 2021-12-28DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2022.2015195
T. Allen, Jackline Atingo, Melissa Parker
{"title":"Rejection and Resilience: Returning from the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda","authors":"T. Allen, Jackline Atingo, Melissa Parker","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2022.2015195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2022.2015195","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article focuses on young people who returned from the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda, mostly as children, over ten years ago. They are, by definition, resilient, because they have survived, but there are important variations. For the most part, those who managed to gain status in the LRA, are those most likely to present themselves as ‘resilient’ according to notions of self-reliance and entrepreneurialism. The majority are not in this position. They are mainly living in rural locations, and commonly face social rejection and extreme poverty. Supporting normative models of resilience has exacerbated deprivation of the most vulnerable.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"24 1","pages":"357 - 384"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47212338","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 : 2021-12-21DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2022.2015215
Ponsiano Bimeny, Benedict Pope Angolere, Saum Nangiro, Ivan Sagál, Joyce Emai
{"title":"From Warriors to Mere Chicken Men, and Other Troubles: An Ordinary Language Survey of Notions of Resilience in Ngakarimojong","authors":"Ponsiano Bimeny, Benedict Pope Angolere, Saum Nangiro, Ivan Sagál, Joyce Emai","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2022.2015215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2022.2015215","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We examine some vernacular concepts that reflect Karamojong understanding and everyday experience of resilience following a devastating disarmament process, and what this means for resilience-driven humanitarian-development processes. We found that whereas humanitarian-development actors view market development, improved security, and accessibility as indicators of increased resilience capacity, local people paint a contrasting picture of a region with mounting inequality. We argue that Ngakaramojong concepts of resilience are, for the most part, unseen or ignored by humanitarian-development programming. In their current form, resilience-based intervention appears to neutralise and dismantle those aspects of communities that make them resilient in the first place.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"24 1","pages":"254 - 279"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45418323","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 : 2021-11-10DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.2003476
Sorina Toltica
{"title":"Insurgency and War in Nigeria, Regional Fracture and the Fight Against Boko Haram","authors":"Sorina Toltica","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.2003476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.2003476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45830759","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 : 2021-11-08DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2022.1995680
A. Day, Charles T. Hunt
{"title":"Distractions, Distortions and Dilemmas: The Externalities of Protecting Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping","authors":"A. Day, Charles T. Hunt","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2022.1995680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2022.1995680","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores the unintended consequences associated with the protection of civilians (PoC) mandate in United Nations peacekeeping. Drawing primarily on two case studies – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and South Sudan (UNMISS) – we advance three lines of argument. First, the gravitational pull of PoC can distract missions from other, often interdependent, priorities. Second, the implementation of PoC can distort intended impacts. Third, these distractions and distortions can combine to produce dilemmas for mission architects, leadership and implementers. We conclude by identifying how these quandaries can ultimately make civilian protection, sustainable peace, and mission exits more elusive.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"24 1","pages":"97 - 116"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47644106","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 : 2021-10-18DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.1989146
Niklas Karlén
{"title":"Changing Commitments: Shifts in External State Support to Rebels","authors":"Niklas Karlén","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.1989146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.1989146","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The provision of external state support to non-state armed groups in civil wars is a dynamic process. While we know much about the initiation of external support and its effects, we know less about why state sponsorship changes over time. Based on a within-case analysis of the United States’ support commitment to the armed opposition in Nicaragua in the 1980s, this article demonstrates the utility of focusing on shifts in leaders’ perceptions and domestic attribution processes rather than structural features of the international system or rebel behaviour to understand temporal variation in external support.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"24 1","pages":"73 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41628031","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 : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.2019946
M. Lord
{"title":"The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker","authors":"M. Lord","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.2019946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.2019946","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"23 1","pages":"637 - 640"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46437226","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 : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.2004044
Moritz Ehrmann, Gearoid Millar
{"title":"The Power of Narratives in Conflict and Peace: The Case of Contemporary Iraq","authors":"Moritz Ehrmann, Gearoid Millar","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.2004044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.2004044","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Presenting original data from interviews conducted in Iraq between 2013 and 2019, this paper charts the evolution of conflict related narratives of the ‘other’ among members of the Sunni confession immediately prior to, during, and after the rise and fall of the Islamic State (IS). It charts the evolution of these narratives through three escalatory phases (victimhood narratives, divisive narratives, and violent narratives) and three de-escalatory phases (nuanced narratives, reconciliatory narratives, and unifying narratives). It concludes with reflections on the lessons this case can provide for identifying the best moments for Conflict Resolution actors to intervene in such violent conflicts.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"23 1","pages":"588 - 611"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44780337","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 : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2022.2004043
Thorsten Gromes, F. Ranft
{"title":"Preventing Civil War Recurrence: Do Military Victories Really Perform Better than Peace Agreements? Causal Claim and Underpinning Assumptions Revisited","authors":"Thorsten Gromes, F. Ranft","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2022.2004043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2022.2004043","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Existing research suggests that peace is more stable after military victories than it is after peace agreements. This article challenges this conventional wisdom. By applying survival analysis, we demonstrate that peace agreements exhibit just as strong of a relationship to enduring peace as military victories do. Moreover, we investigate the assumptions that underpin the aforementioned claim. These assumptions link peace survival to the type of civil war termination and refer to intervening variables. Using time-series data for 48 civil wars that ended between 1990 and 2009, the empirical analysis finds support for only two underpinning assumptions in favour of victories.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"23 1","pages":"612 - 636"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43315706","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 : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.1995678
Danny Hirschel-Burns
{"title":"Sowing the Seeds: Why do some armed groups socialise civilians more than others during civil war?","authors":"Danny Hirschel-Burns","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.1995678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.1995678","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT What explains variation in the intensity with which armed groups seek to socialise civilians into their ideology? This paper seeks to expand the literature on rebel governance and ideology in war to consider the ideational interaction between armed groups and civilians. A paired comparison examines the Naxalite Rebellion in India (1967-72) and the Shining Path Insurgency in Peru (1980-1992), which exhibited puzzling variation in socialisation intensity despite holding similar ideologies. I argue this variation can be explained by differences in combatant socialisation, how groups value reading- and writing-based education, and whether groups understand civilian participation as crucial for achieving victory.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"23 1","pages":"545 - 569"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48975935","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 : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13698249.2021.1995681
L. Okwuosa, Ambrose O. Iheanacho, Stella Chinweudo Ekwueme, F. Uroko
{"title":"Mammy Water and Her Women’s Cult during the Nigeria-Biafra War in Oguta","authors":"L. Okwuosa, Ambrose O. Iheanacho, Stella Chinweudo Ekwueme, F. Uroko","doi":"10.1080/13698249.2021.1995681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.1995681","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Nigeria-Biafra war, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, was fought on various fronts and in various tactics. Although the war was about the independence of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria, for Oguta people of Southeastern Nigeria, it was a challenge to their goddess, Mammy Water and the people’s faith in her to protect their lives and properties. This paper, thus, studies the involvement of Mammy Water and her women cult during the Nigeria-Biafra war in Oguta. The findings indicated that the intervention of the goddess and her cult members in the war is a well-known event in Oguta.","PeriodicalId":51785,"journal":{"name":"Civil Wars","volume":"23 1","pages":"570 - 587"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45884063","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}