By Stephen M. Saideman
This quantity seeks to appreciate the vital function of governments in intra-state conflicts. The e-book explores how the govt in any society performs pivotal roles: as a deterrent opposed to those that might use violence; and as a possible chance to the society. those roles come into clash with one another, as these governments which can top deter strength rebels also are those who can do the main damage to their voters. accordingly, a stability needs to be accomplished, elevating tricky tradeoffs for policy-makers. This quantity marks a departure from reports of ethnic clash and civil struggle in recent times, that have involved in failed states, in contemplating the concept that governments themselves could be the resource of violence. The members not just discover the balancing act that governments needs to practice, but in addition at the optimistic and detrimental roles that the overseas group can play in those conflicts. In doing so, the ebook covers quite a number situations from either complicated and more recent democracies to the main conflict-prone components of the area.
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Empirics It is not easy to test these observable implications. For one, the anecdotal record is indeterminate and it is possible to find examples that both confirm or disconfirm them. Examples of violence that appears to be plausibly preemptive in a way that “fits” ex post the logic of the security dilemma are not infrequent in descriptions of civil wars. Posen focuses on the wars of Yugoslavia, but one can find many descriptions that extend the logic of the security dilemma to individuals and the mass-level.
Their use of violence is now mostly symbolic – to show that their cause exists and that their group exists. If Spain had been less competent over the past decade or so in providing a relatively security environment for Basques and other citizens of Spain, one could easily imagine ETA receiving more support and engaging in more violence. Thus, this case provides an interesting contrast – more violent than one would expect from the security situation but less violent than one might otherwise have expected.
Understanding this process is crucial for understanding when individuals and groups will be secure or fearful. Finally, this approach captures the dual role of the state as hero and villain, as savior and killer. Every government has responsibility for maintaining peace within its boundaries, but there are many ways to avoid unrest, including violently repressing the entire society. Much of the literature on civil violence focuses on either the government as threat or the state as the necessary peacekeeper.