Rebels and Conflict Escalation: Explaining the Rise and Decline in Violence by I

Description: Rebels and Conflict Escalation by Isabelle Duyvesteyn Violence during war often involves upswings and downturns that have, to date, been insufficiently explained. Duyvesteyn critically examines the potential explanatory variables for escalation and de-escalation in conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Violence during war often involves upswings and downturns that have, to date, been insufficiently explained. Why does violence at a particular point in time increase in intensity and why do actors in war decrease the level of violence at other points? Duyvesteyn discusses the potential explanatory variables for escalation and de-escalation in conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents. Using theoretical arguments and examples from modern history, this book presents the most notable causal mechanisms or shifts in the shape of propositions that could explain the rise and decline of non-state actor violence after the start and before the termination of conflict. This study critically reflects on the conceptualisation of escalation as linear, rational and wilful, and instead presents an image of rebel escalation as accidental, messy and within a very limited range of control. Author Biography Isabelle Duyvesteyn is Professor of International Studies/Global History at the Institute of History at Leiden University. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Defence Academy. She sits on several editorial boards for book series and journals, and has published widely on the topics of war, peace and security in contemporary history and strategic studies. Table of Contents 1. Rebels and escalation; 2. Escalation and de-escalation; 3. Political opportunity and rebel violence; 4. Political will; provocation and concession; 5. Capabilities; strategy; 6. Capabilities; substitution; 7. Political will; group processes and individual considerations; 8. Legitimacy and support; 9. De-Escalation; 10. The escalation and de-escalation of rebel violence; Index. Review Leading strategy expert Isabelle Duyvesteyn has created a new framework for our understanding of the mechanisms of insurgencies and COIN. Lucidly written, this book blends and builds on political science theories and behavioural psychology, illustrated with case-study vignettes, and rounded off with valuable advice for practitioners. An admirable achievement! Beatrice Heuser, Professor of International Relations, University of GlasgowThis book is a most welcome innovative, nuanced, and probing analysis of the understudied dynamic processes of conflict escalation and de-escalation, with special insights about rebel violence. This work deserves special commendation for emphasizing that such processes can often be messy and inadvertent and for providing a robust conceptual and empirical challenge to commonly-held assumptions about their linear rationality. Bob Mandel, Professor of International Affairs, Lewis & ClarkIsabelle Duvesteyns book offers an original and highly stimulating new perspective on the notion of escalation and de-escalation in conflict. Her volume makes an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding of this under-studied and under-theorized area. M. L. R. Smith, Professor of Strategic Theory, Kings College London Promotional Duyvesteyn critically examines the potential explanations for the escalation and de-escalation during conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents. Details ISBN1009009257 Author Isabelle Duyvesteyn Short Title Rebels and Conflict Escalation Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 1009009257 ISBN-13 9781009009256 Subtitle Explaining the Rise and Decline in Violence Pages 284 Year 2024 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-03-21 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781009008952 DEWEY 355.0218 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Professional & Vocational UK Release Date 2024-03-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168640321;

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