Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict
About the Book Series
This series publishes theoretically rigorous and empirically original scholarship on all aspects of armed intrastate conflict, including its causes, nature, impacts, patterns of violence, and resolution. It also publishes books which explore debates about the politics, sociological aspects and economics of civil wars, and their international dimensions. The series has a broad intellectual remit designed to be open to a range of academic methodologies and interests, including innovative empirical approaches, and welcomes work on specific armed conflicts and the micro-dynamics of violence, on broad patterns and cross-national analyses of civil wars, and on historical perspectives as well as contemporary challenges. It also seeks to explore the policy implications of conflict analysis, especially as it relates to international security, intervention and peacebuilding.
Armed Organizations and Political Elites in Civil Wars: Pathways to Power in Syria and Iraq
1st Edition
By Erwin van Veen
December 26, 2025
This book analyses under what conditions, and with what developmental effects, armed organizations shift their ‘coercive profile’ during civil wars, with a focus on the recent conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The work begins with an operationalisation of the term ‘political settlement’, focusing on how...
Elite Rivalry, Mass Killing and Genocide in Authoritarian Regimes: Why Autocrats Kill
1st Edition
By Eelco van der Maat
December 26, 2025
This book explains how mass killing is driven by elite politics within authoritarian regimes. Mass killing and genocide defy reason and explanation. How can genocidal elites present defenceless victims as an existential threat? Why use indiscriminate killing that drives victims to coordinated ...
Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine: From Leaderless Groups to Proxy Army
1st Edition
By Martin Laryš
December 26, 2025
This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s war in Ukraine demonstrates the much-discussed relations between the principal (Russia) and agent (rebel militias) in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 was a ...
Social Capital and the Reintegration of Former Combatants: Colombian Paramilitaries, Guerrillas and Their Leaders
1st Edition
By James Meernik, Gustavo Duncan, Juan Camilo Gaviria Henao, Clarita Toro Uribe
December 01, 2025
This book develops a theory of successful reintegration after intra-state conflict, centred on the development of social capital and its use by former combatants after demobilization. The book shows that those former combatants who are able to develop social ties and social capital in their ...
Rebel Financing and Terrorism in Civil Wars
1st Edition
By Margherita Belgioioso
December 19, 2024
This book investigates the ways in which the lethality of terrorist violence depends on how rebel organizations finance their rebellion. The leaders of rebel groups make calculated decisions on the intensity of terrorism killings, considering the benefits and costs of targeting non-combatants ...
Post-Conflict Referendums and Peace Processes: Pathways to Peace and Democracy?
1st Edition
By Kentaro Fujikawa
December 10, 2024
This book provides a comparative study of the impact of referendums on conflict resolution and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies. Post-conflict referendums have increasingly been held as part of peace processes. While policy-makers are hopeful that these referendums serve peace and democracy...
When Nonviolent Civil Resistance Campaigns Fail: Demobilized, Escalated and Negotiated Ends
1st Edition
By Kirssa Cline Ryckman
November 08, 2024
This book examines both how and why nonviolent civil resistance campaigns fail, and the diverse category of campaigns that fall short. Civil resistance campaigns are known for their success, for their ability to overthrow central governments or gain territorial independence. There have been a ...
Militias, States and Violence against Civilians: Civic Vice, Civic Virtue
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Lorenzo Johnson, William Wittels
October 08, 2024
This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts. Showcasing the breadth and diversity of modern militias in the context of violence against civilians, the volume addresses the ...
Partition and Peace in Civil Wars: Dividing Lands and Peoples to End Ethnic Conflict
1st Edition
By Carter R. Johnson
May 31, 2023
This book examines whether partition is an effective means to resolve ethnic and sectarian civil wars. It argues that partition is unlikely to end ongoing ethnosectarian civil wars, but it can increase the likelihood of preventing civil war recurrence, as long as the partition separates civilians ...
Armed Groups and International Legitimacy: Child Soldiers in Intra-State Conflict
1st Edition
By William Plowright
August 29, 2022
This book analyses the issue of child soldiers in order to understand how armed groups engage with international organizations to gain international legitimacy. The work examines why some armed groups ‘follow the rules’ of international humanitarian law and others do not. It argues that armed ...
Armed Group Structure and Violence in Civil Wars: The Organizational Dynamics of Civilian Killing
1st Edition
By Roos Haer
March 31, 2021
This book examines whether differences in the organizational structure of armed groups shape patterns of human rights violations in civil wars.Since the end of World War II, civil wars have been characterized by extremely high numbers of civilian casualties. However, the exact extent of civilian ...
Foreign Intervention, Warfare and Civil Wars: External Assistance and Belligerents' Choice of Strategy
1st Edition
By Adam Lockyer
March 31, 2021
This book examines the impact of foreign intervention in the course and nature of warfare in civil wars.Throughout history, foreign intervention in civil wars has been the rule rather than the exception. The involvement of outside powers can have a dramatic impact on the course and nature of ...