Since World War II, civil wars have replaced interstate wars as the most frequent and deadly form of armed conflict globally. How do we account for when and where civil wars are likely to occur, when and how they are likely to end, and whether or not they will recur? In this timely book, leading scholars guide us through what the latest research tells us about the onset, duration, outcomes, and recurrence of civil wars, as well as the ongoing consequences of conflicts in war-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, and Rwanda. In mapping out the current state of our knowledge about civil conflicts, the authors also identify what we donot know about civil wars. The book describes new directions in civil-war research, including transitional justice institutions in post-conflict environments, the resource curse, the role of women, and the relationship between the environment and civil conflict. The authors also highlight new trends in civil-war data collection that have enabled scholars to examine the geographic and temporal patterns of armed conflict. This authoritative text offers both an accessible and current overview of current knowledge and an agenda for future research.


With contributions by Halvard Buhaug, David E. Cunningham, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Jacqueline H. R. DeMeritt, Karl DeRouen Jr., Paul F. Diehl, Andrew Enterline, Erika Forsberg, Scott Gates, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Caroline A. Hartzell, Cullen Hendrix, Jacob Kathman, Christopher Linebarger, T. David Mason, Erik Melander, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, Alyssa K. Prorok, Idean Salehyan, Lee J. M. Seymour, Megan Shannon, Benjamin Smith, David Sobek, Clayton L. Thyne, Henrik Urdal, Joseph K. Young

Since World War II, civil wars have replaced interstate wars as the most frequent and deadly form of armed conflict globally. In this timely book, leading scholars guide us through what the latest research has to tell us about civil war onset, the duration and outcomes of civil wars, the recurrence of civil wars, and the consequences of conflict in war-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, and Rwanda. This authoritative text offers both an accessible and current overview of current knowledge and an agenda for future research.

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EDITORS INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
T. David Mason, Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, and Alyssa K. Prorok

PART I: FACTORS THAT BRING ABOUT CIVIL WAR
Chapter 1: Introduction Patterns of Armed Conflict since 1945
Nils Petter Gleditsch, Erik Melander, and Henrik Urdal
Chapter 2: Antecedents of Civil War Onset: Greed, Grievance, and State Repression
Joseph K. Young
Chapter 3: Identity Issues and Civil War: Ethnic and Religious Divisions
Lee J.M. Seymour and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham
Chapter 4: State Capacity, Regime Type, and Civil War
Karl DeRouen Jr. and David Sobek
Chapter 5: Transnational Dimensions of Civil Wars: Clustering. Contagion, and Connectedness
Erika Forsberg

PART II: FACTORS THAT END CIVIL WARS AND PROMOTE PEACE
Chapter 6: Third Party Intervention and the Duration and Outcomes of Civil WarsChristopher Linebarger and Andrew Enterline
Chapter 7: Ripe for Resolution: Third Party Mediation and NegotiatingPeace Agreements
Jacob D. Kathman and Megan Shannon
Chapter 8: Negotiated Peace: Power Sharing in Peace Agreements
Caroline A. Hartzell
Chapter 9: Breaking the Conflict Trap: The Impact of Peacekeeping onViolence and Democratization in the Post-Conflict Context
Paul F. Diehl
Chapter 10: The Legacies of Civil War: Health, Education, and Economic Development
Clayton L. Thyne

PART III: EMERGING TRENDS IN CIVIL WAR RESEARCH
Chapter 11: Transitional Justice: Prospects for Post-War Peace andHuman Rights
Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt
Chapter 12: Gender and Civil Wars
Erik Melander
Chapter 13: Exploring the Resource-Civil War Nexus
Benjamin Smith
Chapter 14: Environment and Conflict
Cullen Hendrix, Scott Gates, and Halvard Buhaug
Chapter 15: Trends in Civil War Data: Geography, Organizations, and Events
David E. Cunningham, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, and Idean Salehyan

Author Biographies
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