Unarmed Forces
Civilian Strategy in Violent Conflicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11217837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shane Joshua Barter (0000-0001-8139-2998, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 544-571 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace & Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0130.2012.00770.x |
| OpenAlex | W1839468343 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
What options are available to civilians faced with war? While civilians tend to be portrayed as helpless victims—and sometimes are—we know that they are not inert. Borrowing from Albert Hirschman, I propose that civilians’ strategies can be understood in terms of flight to safer areas, speaking out to or against armed groups, as support for armed groups, and combinations of these three strategies. This study introduces a simple, intuitive schema for understanding civilian strategies and illustrates it with examples drawn from several armed conflicts. The schema demonstrates that not only do civilians make decisions which enable them to survive bloody conflicts, but also that their strategies may influence armed groups and the course of a given war
Computer security · Criminology · Military strategy · Political science · SAFER · Schema (genetic algorithms · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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Introduction
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Staying Power
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |