Format:
1 Online-Ressource (396 pages)
ISBN:
9781108150781
Content:
This book explores how local social organization and cohesion enable covert and overt nonviolent strategies
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Civilian Autonomy in Civil War -- The Argument -- Colombian Social Organizations as Platforms for Civilian Autonomy -- Scope of the Argument -- Current Perspectives on Civilians and Civil Wars -- The Literature on Civil Wars -- The Literature on Civilian Institutions -- The Literature on ''Peace Communities'' and Civilian Autonomy -- Research Design and Methods -- Plan of the Book -- 2 A Theory of Civilian Decision-Making in Civil War -- The Advantages of Community Cohesion and Organization -- Challenges to Collective Action -- Social Capital and Pathways to Organization -- The Added Value of Cooperation and Organizations -- Civilians' Choices and Pathways to Autonomy -- Civilian Selection of Strategic Alignments -- Civilians' Selection of Bundles of Tactics to Reduce Violence and Maintain Autonomy -- Explaining Violence: Conditions for De Facto Autonomy -- Internal Armed Group Characteristics -- Resource Bases and Dependence on Civilians -- Situational Factors -- The Sensitivities to Civilians of Some Archetypal Armed Groups -- Civilians' Levers -- Summary -- 3 The History of Conflict and Local Autonomy in Colombia -- Colombia's History of Conflict -- The History of Civil Society Responses to Armed Conflict -- Peace Communities and Formal Autonomy Organizations -- The Politics of Autonomy and Neutrality -- Junta Councils and Their Relevance for Violence -- Summary -- 4 Living to Tell About It: Research in Conflict Settings -- Why the Case of Colombia? -- The Framework for Subnational Analysis -- The Choice to Use Historical Data -- Joining Methods to Deal with Selection Bias Issues
Content:
The Case Studies and Fieldwork: ''To the Villages!'' -- Interview Techniques -- Interviews with Ex-Combatants -- Participant Observation -- In the Archives -- Secondary Sources -- Summary -- 5 How Civilian Organizations Affect Civil War Violence -- The Junta Councils' Impact on Violence -- Universe of Cases and the Unit of Analysis -- The Dependent Variable -- A Conflict-Based Model of Violence -- Testing the Explanation of Social Organization and Social Capital -- Direct Effects of Juntas -- The Juntas: Organizational Effects or Favorable Conditions? -- Conditional Effects of Juntas -- Additional Social Organizations -- Learning from an Outlier: The Case of Belén de Los Andaquies -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Additional Information on the Units of Analysis -- Additional Information on the Juntas Per Capita Variable -- Additional Information on Control Variable Measures -- Statistical Results -- Discussion of Control Variable Results -- Estimating the Conditional Effects of Junta Councils -- 6 Why Some Communities Are More Organized than Others -- Explaining the Formation of Junta Councils -- The Role of La Violencia and Reverse Causality -- La Violencia and the Distribution of Juntas -- Assessing Armed Conflict from 1960-1985 -- Selecting Cases Under Constraints in Multimethod Projects -- Selecting Cases to Study Junta Councils -- Selecting Cases from Cundinamarca -- The ATCC Cases in Santander -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- 7 The Institution of the ATCC: Protection through Conciliation -- The ATCC in Context and Trends in Violence -- Evaluating Explanations for Violence: The Balance of Control -- Civilian Institutions as an Explanation: The Process of the ATCC -- Analysis of Threats and Conciliations, 1987-2007 -- Conditions for the Maintenance of Local Order in Wartime
Content:
Explaining a Resurgence of Violence, 2000-2007 -- Conclusions -- 8 Discovering Civilian Autonomy in Cundinamarca -- Manifestations and Impacts of La Violencia -- The Juntas de Acción Comunal and Preexisting Social Capital -- Quipile -- Vianí -- Bituima -- The Nature and Severity of Armed Conflict -- The FARC's 22nd and 42nd Fronts -- Conflict Dynamics by Towns -- Juntas During the Conflict and Mechanisms for Autonomy -- The Juntas' Day-to-Day Role during the Conflict -- Uncovering Collective Actions for Civilian Autonomy -- Civilian Actions According to the Armed Groups -- Armed Group Responses to Civilian Autonomy -- An Intervening Explanation: Clientelism -- Levels of Violence (vs. Reported Violence) -- Conclusions -- The Advantages of a Guided Search for Civilian Autonomy -- 9 Civilian Autonomy around the World -- Civilian Autonomy in FARClandia -- Civilian Autonomy and the Peace Zones in the Philippines -- Civilian Autonomy in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Civilian Autonomy in Syria -- Oases of Intersectarian Harmony -- Autonomy Among Ethnic and Religious Minorities -- Additional Autonomy Examples -- Conclusions -- 10 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- The Nuances of Civilian Autonomy -- The Historical and State-Building Foundations of Civilian Autonomy -- Methodological Contributions -- Policy Implications -- Civilian Communities -- External Actors -- Counterinsurgents and Warfighters -- A Research Agenda on Civilians in War -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix A Archives Consulted -- Appendix B Supplementary Documentation on the ATCC -- A Note on Variables and ''Cases'' -- Qualitative Discussion of Additional Explanations for Trends in Violence
Content:
Verbatim transcript of meeting between the ATCC leader, the junta leaders of San Tropel and Santa Rosa (on border of the ATCC), and a Paramilitary Subcommander, 2001, in Santa Rosa, Cimitarra (from the ATCC archive). -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107159808
Additional Edition:
Print version Kaplan, Oliver Resisting War : How Communities Protect Themselves New York : Cambridge University Press,c2017 ISBN 9781107159808
Language:
English
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