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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jentzsch, Corinna, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2022.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction : Militias in Civil Wars
  • 2 Third Actors and Civilian Agency : Moving beyond a Dichotomous Understanding of Civil Wars
  • 3 Intervention, Autonomy, and Power in Polarized Societies : Challenges and Opportunities of Historical Fieldwork
  • 4 A War over People : An Analysis of Mozambique's Civil War
  • 5 People Tired of War : The Timing of Community-Initiated Militia Formation
  • 6 The Diffusion of Repertoires of Collective Action : The Location of Community-Initiated Militia Formation
  • 7 The Power of a Vaccine : The Process of Community-Initiated Militia Formation
  • 8 Conclusion : Violence and Civilian Agency in Civil Wars
  • Appendix: Data Collection and Analysis
  • References
  • Index.