Corinna Jentzsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 119163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Corinna Jentzsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Corinna |
| FAMILY NAME | Jentzsch |
| SIGNATURE | JENTZSCH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0936-6984 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 155 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The War Broke Out and I Broke Down’: Expectations and Aspirations in Forging Solidarity between Dutch Activists and Southern African Liberation Leaders
Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour
Securing peace in Angola and Mozambique: The importance of specificity in peace treaties
Conflict Continuities: Africa in Focus
It is tempting to interpret the eruption of armed violence in various parts of the world as a break with the past. However, in this special section, we call for attention to “conflict continuities” to understand contemporary violence. Challenging the conventional focus on causes or consequences, we argue that past violent conflict may serve to generate new conflict, in reworked forms. We foreground the psychosocial dynamics of conflict, particula…
Continuity and Change of Community-Initiated Militias in Mozambique
Community-initiated militias—self-defense forces for community protection—have played an important role in past and current armed conflicts in Mozambique. During the civil war between the Frelimo government and the armed group Renamo (1976–1992), the Naparama militia was established to protect communities from Renamo (and state) violence. In the current insurgency in Cabo Delgado province (since 2017), the Naparama has mobilized again to fight ji…
Response to Ches Thurber’s Review of Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Social Control in Civil Wars
The public places an important constraint on funding security in Europe, and austerity risks making the constraint tighter. Several recent studies show that curtailing military spending is a popular way to reduce debt in Europe. Yet it remains unclear if military spending aversion persists when threats are salient. We fielded an original survey experiment in Italy weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine to examine how information about secur…
Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance explains the timing, location and process through which communities form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias th…
Violent or non-violent action? Wartime civilian resistance in Colombia and Mozambique
Why do some communities resist armed groups non-violently while others take up arms to do so? Recent research has advanced our knowledge of the causes and consequences of wartime civilian resistance. Yet, the factors explaining the emergence and outcomes of civilian resistance do not account for how people resist. Despite its important consequences for the politics and geography of war, the issue of why civilians engage in violent or non-violent …
The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique, 1976-1992
A fresh analysis of the post-colonial war in Mozambique that contributes to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers insights into the nature of contemporary politics and the current conflict. The 1976-1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book…
The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique 1976–1992
The 1976–1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book re-evaluates this period from a number of different local perspectives in an attempt to better understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed conflict. Focusing at local level on either a province or a sing…
Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War
Who rules during the civil war? This article argues that the concept of armed group governance must be expanded to include auxiliary armed forces linked to rebels or the government. Comparing the organization of rebel and government auxiliaries, the article demonstrates that security governance during war is never static, but evolves over time. Evidence from the civil war in Mozambique (1976–1992) shows that the auxiliary’s origin shapes its init…
Militias in Civil Wars
Militias are an empirical phenomenon that has been overlooked by current research on civil war. Yet, it is a phenomenon that is crucial for understanding political violence, civil war, post-conflict politics, and authoritarianism. Militias or paramilitaries are armed groups that operate alongside regular security forces or work independently of the state to shield the local population from insurgents. We review existing uses of the term, explore …
Coming in the Next Issue
A preview of some of the articles in the April 2012 issue
Militias in Civil Wars
Militias are an empirical phenomenon that has been overlooked by current research on civil war. Yet, it is a phenomenon that is crucial for understanding political violence, civil war, post-conflict politics, and authoritarianism. Militias or paramilitaries are armed groups that operate alongside regular security forces or work independently of the state to shield the local population from insurgents. We review existing uses of the term, explore …
Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance explains the timing, location and process through which communities form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias th…
Social Control in Civil Wars
The public places an important constraint on funding security in Europe, and austerity risks making the constraint tighter. Several recent studies show that curtailing military spending is a popular way to reduce debt in Europe. Yet it remains unclear if military spending aversion persists when threats are salient. We fielded an original survey experiment in Italy weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine to examine how information about secur…
Violent or non-violent action? Wartime civilian resistance in Colombia and Mozambique
Why do some communities resist armed groups non-violently while others take up arms to do so? Recent research has advanced our knowledge of the causes and consequences of wartime civilian resistance. Yet, the factors explaining the emergence and outcomes of civilian resistance do not account for how people resist. Despite its important consequences for the politics and geography of war, the issue of why civilians engage in violent or non-violent …
Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War
Who rules during the civil war? This article argues that the concept of armed group governance must be expanded to include auxiliary armed forces linked to rebels or the government. Comparing the organization of rebel and government auxiliaries, the article demonstrates that security governance during war is never static, but evolves over time. Evidence from the civil war in Mozambique (1976–1992) shows that the auxiliary’s origin shapes its init…
Coming in the Next Issue
A preview of some of the articles in the April 2012 issue
Militias in Civil Wars
Militias are an empirical phenomenon that has been overlooked by current research on civil war. Yet, it is a phenomenon that is crucial for understanding political violence, civil war, post-conflict politics, and authoritarianism. Militias or paramilitaries are armed groups that operate alongside regular security forces or work independently of the state to shield the local population from insurgents. We review existing uses of the term, explore …
Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War
Who rules during the civil war? This article argues that the concept of armed group governance must be expanded to include auxiliary armed forces linked to rebels or the government. Comparing the organization of rebel and government auxiliaries, the article demonstrates that security governance during war is never static, but evolves over time. Evidence from the civil war in Mozambique (1976–1992) shows that the auxiliary’s origin shapes its init…
The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique, 1976-1992
A fresh analysis of the post-colonial war in Mozambique that contributes to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers insights into the nature of contemporary politics and the current conflict. The 1976-1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book…
The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique 1976–1992
The 1976–1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book re-evaluates this period from a number of different local perspectives in an attempt to better understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed conflict. Focusing at local level on either a province or a sing…
Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
Why do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance explains the timing, location and process through which communities form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias th…
Violent or non-violent action? Wartime civilian resistance in Colombia and Mozambique
Why do some communities resist armed groups non-violently while others take up arms to do so? Recent research has advanced our knowledge of the causes and consequences of wartime civilian resistance. Yet, the factors explaining the emergence and outcomes of civilian resistance do not account for how people resist. Despite its important consequences for the politics and geography of war, the issue of why civilians engage in violent or non-violent …
Response to Ches Thurber’s Review of Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Social Control in Civil Wars
The public places an important constraint on funding security in Europe, and austerity risks making the constraint tighter. Several recent studies show that curtailing military spending is a popular way to reduce debt in Europe. Yet it remains unclear if military spending aversion persists when threats are salient. We fielded an original survey experiment in Italy weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine to examine how information about secur…
The War Broke Out and I Broke Down’: Expectations and Aspirations in Forging Solidarity between Dutch Activists and Southern African Liberation Leaders
Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour
Securing peace in Angola and Mozambique: The importance of specificity in peace treaties
Conflict Continuities: Africa in Focus
It is tempting to interpret the eruption of armed violence in various parts of the world as a break with the past. However, in this special section, we call for attention to “conflict continuities” to understand contemporary violence. Challenging the conventional focus on causes or consequences, we argue that past violent conflict may serve to generate new conflict, in reworked forms. We foreground the psychosocial dynamics of conflict, particula…
Continuity and Change of Community-Initiated Militias in Mozambique
Community-initiated militias—self-defense forces for community protection—have played an important role in past and current armed conflicts in Mozambique. During the civil war between the Frelimo government and the armed group Renamo (1976–1992), the Naparama militia was established to protect communities from Renamo (and state) violence. In the current insurgency in Cabo Delgado province (since 2017), the Naparama has mobilized again to fight ji…
Political Conflict and Governance (9 works) · Spanish Civil War (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)