{"product_id":"rebels-and-conflict-escalation-explaining-the-rise-and-decline-in-violence-hardback-9781316518472","title":"Rebels and Conflict Escalation; Explaining the Rise and Decline in Violence (Hardback) 9781316518472","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRebels and Conflict Escalation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExplaining the Rise and Decline in Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDuyvesteyn critically examines the potential explanations for the escalation and de-escalation during conflicts involving states and non-state actors, such as terrorists and insurgents.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabelle Duyvesteyn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316518472, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Isabelle Duvesteyn's 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, King's College London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eViolence 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Rebels and escalation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Escalation and de-escalation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political opportunity and rebel violence\u003cbr\u003e 4. Political will\u003cbr\u003e provocation and concession\u003cbr\u003e 5. Capabilities\u003cbr\u003e strategy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Capabilities\u003cbr\u003e substitution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Political will\u003cbr\u003e group processes and individual considerations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Legitimacy and support\u003cbr\u003e 9. De-Escalation\u003cbr\u003e 10. The escalation and de-escalation of rebel violence\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social issues: war \u0026amp; conflict issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social issues: war \u0026amp; conflict issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20issues:%20war%20\u0026amp;%20conflict%20issues%20%5BChildren's%20\/%20Teenage%5D%20%5BYXZW%5D%22\"\u003eChildren's \/ Teenage YXZW\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Peace studies \u0026amp; conflict resolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Peace studies \u0026amp; conflict resolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Peace%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20conflict%20resolution%20%5BGTJ%5D%22\"\u003eGTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006023291160,"sku":"9781316518472","price":72.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316518472i_53bf754d-ff6e-4f84-9200-2c75f4bb0ff1.jpg?v=1696681804","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rebels-and-conflict-escalation-explaining-the-rise-and-decline-in-violence-hardback-9781316518472","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}