Why are some places successful in moving from war to consolidated peace while others continue to be troubled by violence? And why does postconflict violence tak

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving thei

This provocative thesis calls violence the driving force not just of war, but of politics and even social stability. Though violence is commonly deplored, polit

By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence

This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked.