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AUTOR(ES) P. Bearman , Hrag Balian
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Leiberman Research Worldwide, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ANO 2018
TIPO Article
PERIÓDICO Sociological Theory
ISSN 0735-2751
E-ISSN 1467-9558
EDITORA SAGE Publications
DOI 10.1177/0735275118777000
CITAÇÕES 6
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 3b5fcd27318875e0bdf7c70a05bf7b8e
FORMATO PDF

Resumo

This article identifies why large-scale multisided civil conflict lasts for so long. The simple answer is that groups engaged in such conflicts have opportunities to achieve coveted ends like dominance and/or revenge by killing members of other groups. We focus on killing events and their temporal ordering rather than on rates. From this perspective, we identify how purely endogenous dynamics lead to conflict continuity and more unusually, conflict failure, or peace. The empirical case we consider is the Northern Ireland 'Troubles,' 1969–2001.

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