Bridging Micro and Macro Approaches on Civil Wars and Political Violence
Issues, Challenges, and the Way Forward
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284371 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laia Bacell I Ventura (0000-0003-2922-4123, Duke University), Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino (0000-0001-9282-8945, Institute of Development Studies) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1343-1359 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002714547905 |
| OpenAlex | W2099188128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 59 |
This article reflects on the importance of linking micro and macro levels of analysis in order to advance our current understanding of civil wars and political violence processes and discusses the contributions of the articles in this special issue. We first identify the main problems in research on political violence that is focused on a single level of analysis and describe the challenges faced by research that attempts to establish connections between different levels. We then introduce the different articles in the special issue, with an emphasis on the micro–macro-level linkages they develop and highlighting their commonalities. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of a new research agenda for the study of civil wars and political violence that bridges social, economic, and political dynamics occurring at the local level and conflict processes taking place in the macro arena
Bridging (networking · Civil engineering · Computer security · Economic system · Economics · Macro · Macro level · Micro level · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Politics and Society in Latin America
Civic legacies of wartime governance
The Societal Consequences of War
Rebel group legitimacy, ideology and durable peace
Clash of Titans
Governance Interventions in Conflict-Affected Countries
Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America
Political Violence in Kenya
Civil Resistance in Armed Conflict
Separatism, the Arab uprisings and the legacies of lost territorial autonomy
The Language of the Unheard? Ethno-Political Exclusion and Ethnic Riots in Africa
The Limits of Studying Networks Via Event Data
Mixed Methods Research in the Study of Political and Social Violence and Conflict
Let the People Speak! What Kind of Civil Society Inclusion Leads to Durable Peace
Climate Change and Violent Conflict in East Africa
Integrating the Quantitative Research on the Onset and Incidence of Violent Intrastate Conflicts
Citizen engagement in peacebuilding
Reinforcement in the Aggregate
Years of Solitude Revisited
Civil Wars ISA Roundtable 2025 Civil War and Intrastate Conflict
One Perspective on the Evolution of Civil Wars Research
The micro-dynamics of peace and conflict
Who are the civilians in the wars of South Sudan
Rebel group formation in Africa
Reconstruction at the meso level
Descriptive representation and conflict reduction
Trials and Triangulations
Foreign aid for peace and civilian victimisation
What we Don't see
Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20 th Century Europe
Cognition in a Social Context
Who, what, and where? Linking violence to civil wars
Laws in Conflict
To Make Men Believe Their Rebellion Just
Repressed productive potential and revolt
Why Do We Speak to Experts? Reviving the Strength of the Expert Interview Method
Exhaustion, Adversity, and Repression
The various facets of eliminationist politics
Citizens in Peace Processes
Policing and Political Violence
Democracies in Conflict
Does Warfare Matter? Severity, Duration, and Outcomes of Civil Wars
Justice Matters
Explaining Support for Political Violence
When Is Collective Exposure to War Events Related to More Acceptance of Collective Guilt
Why Onset Matters
Unmasking Militants
Drones, Surveillance, and Violence
The Political Geography of Rebellion
Money Talks
Violence Against Civilians During Armed Conflict
Antropologinė karo analizė
Civil war as a social process
The logics of insurgency in the Bangsamoro
War in Syria
Warfare, political identities, and displacement in Spain and Colombia
Securitisation and militias during civil war in Peru
The determinants of low-intensity intergroup violence
Does conflict experience affect participatory democracy after war? Evidence from Colombia
Pre-election violence and territorial control
Civil War Legacies, The Prohibition of The Drug Trade, and Armed Politics in Latin America
Gobernanza Criminal y la Crisis de los Estados Latinoamericanos Contemporáneos
Criminal Governance and the Crisis of Contemporary Latin American States
Understanding Non-Participation in Armed Groups during the Sri Lankan Civil War
Insurgent identities
No Other Way Out
Alliance Formation in Civil Wars
Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador
Resistance and Rebellion
Popular Movements in Autocracies
Ethnicity and Conflict
Trade Liberalization and Poverty
Votes and Violence
Greed and grievance in civil war
Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
An economic profile of peasant perpetrators of genocide
Are there positive spillovers from direct foreign investment
Violence, bribery, and fraud
Variation in Sexual Violence during War
Journal of Peace Research
Ethnic groups in conflict
What Makes Rational Peasants Revolutionary? Dilemma, Paradox, and Irony in Peasant Collective Action
How “Free” is Free Riding in Civil Wars
Using Case Studies to Expand Economic Models of Civil War
Social distance in Bosnia‐Herzegovina and the North Caucasus region of Russia
An Inquiry into the Use of Illegal Electoral Practices and Effects of Political Violence and Vote-buying
Ethnicity, Political Systems, and Civil Wars
Does Warfare Matter? Severity, Duration, and Outcomes of Civil Wars
It Takes Two
Recruitment and Allegiance
Electing Displacement
Households amid Urban Riots
Extortion with Protection
Desertion, Terrain, and Control of the Home Front in Civil Wars
When is Democracy an Equilibrium? Theory and Evidence from Colombia’s La Violencia
Wartime Institutions
Rivalry and Revenge
War as a Commitment Problem
Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War
Violent Conflict and Behavior
Introducing the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset
Micro-Level Studies of Violence in Civil War
Death is in the Air
What Do We Know about Natural Resources and Civil War
The Analysis of Conflict
Poverty and Violent Conflict
One-Sided Violence Against Civilians in War
Why Do Some Civil Wars Last So Much Longer than Others
Introducing Acled
Strikes and Labor Organization in Hybrid Regimes
International System and Technologies of Rebellion
Are Coethnics More Effective Counterinsurgents? Evidence from the Second Chechen War
From Violence to Voting
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnonationalist Civil War
| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 63 |