Civil action and the dynamics of violence - Avant, Deborah D. (Deborah Denise) 1958- (New York Oxford University Press, 2019)
Introduction -- Civil action and the dynamics of violence in conflicts / Deborah Avant, Marie E. Berry, Erica Chenoweth, Rachel Epstein, Cullen Hendrix, Oliver Kaplan, and Timothy Sisk -- Part I: Civil action and maintaining relationships -- Civil action in the Syrian conflict / Wendy Pearlman -- Staging peace : community organizations, theatrical performance, and violent conflict in Peru / Steven T. Zech -- Northern Kenya : civil and uncivil action under conditions of state fragility / Fletcher D. Cox -- Part II: Civil action and levels of local violence -- The impact of civil action on levels of violence : comparing two communities during Northern Ireland's Troubles / Amy Grubb -- Doing business amid criminal violence : companies and civil action in Mexico / Sandra Ley and Magdalena Guzmán -- Civil action and the micro-dynamics of violence during the Bosnian War / Marie E. Berry -- Non-violent communal strategies in insurgencies : case study on Afghanistan / Christoph Zürcher -- Part III: Civil action and the resolution of violent conflict -- Civil action against ETA terrorism in Basque Country / Javier Argomaniz -- The Colombian private sector in Colombia's transition to peace / Angelika Rettberg -- Conclusion /Deborah Avant, Erica Chenoweth, Rachel Epstein, and Cullen Hendrix -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Civilians in war -- Case studies; Civil war -- Protection of civilians -- Case studies; Nonviolence -- Social aspects -- Case studies; Violence -- Prevention -- Case studies