The wave of civil wars, terror attacks, and insurgencies over the last half century has redefined our notion of protracted conflicts. While the American news media have devoted primary coverage to the threat posed by al-Qaeda since 9/11, other insurgent groups have arisen and gained momentum across the map, and much less attention has been devoted to explaining what governmental policies bring such insurgencies to an end. The result of a multiyear project, "Terror, Insurgency, and the State" assembles the findings of scholars who conducted extensive field research with rebel groups and governments.This comparative analysis documents the aim of long-standing insurgent groups such as the Tamil Tigers, the IRA, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Basque Country and Liberty, and the People's Liberation Army of the Communist Party of Nepal, as well as the more recently visible Hizballah and Hamas. These groups represent varying kinds of insurgency. Several strive for national liberation or territory.
They are either secessionists who contend with a central government that they regard as hostile, or irredentists who seek to reunify a divided homeland.Others, with rural and peasant bases, emphasize economic inequalities, class struggle, and socialism. At least three known factions are explicitly Islamist, with a religious agenda and a paramilitary organization.
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While the American news media have devoted primary coverage to the threat posed by al-Qaeda since 9/11, other insurgent groups have arisen and gained momentum across the map. This comparative analysis documents the aim of long-standing insurgent groups such as the Tamil Tigers, the IRA, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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Preface--John TirmanIntroduction: Thinking About Durable Political Violence--Brendan O'Leary and John Tirman1. ETA: Euskadi 'ta Askatasuna--Marianne Heiberg2. FARC-EP: Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo--Marc Chernick3. GAM: Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (Free Aceh Movement)--Kirsten E. Schulze4. Hamas: Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya--Jeroen Gunning5. Hizballah--Jeroen Gunning6. IRA: Irish Republican Army (Oglaigh na hEireann)--Brendan O'Leary7. JKLF and JKHM: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and Jammu and Kashmir Hizb-ul Mujahideen--Sumantra Bose8. LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam--Brendan O'Duffy9. PCP-SL: Partido Comunista de Peru-Sendero Luminos--Marc Chernick10. PKK: Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan--Dogu Ergil11. PLA CPN (M): People's Liberation Army of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)--Harald Olav SkarConclusion. Understanding and Ending Persistent Conflicts: Bridging Research and Policy--Brendan O'Leary and Andrew SilkeNotesList of ContributorsIndex
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ISBN
9780812239744
Publisert
2007-05-07
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University of Pennsylvania Press
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235 mm
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155 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
512