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GV 506-week 7

GV 506-week 7. Types of intrastate wars Causes of intrastate wars Are intrastate wars fundamentally different from interstate wars?. Types of Intrastate Conflict. Internal Conflict Revolutions Civil War Ethnic/Religious Genocides Regime Transitions

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GV 506-week 7

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  1. GV 506-week 7 Types of intrastate wars Causes of intrastate wars Are intrastate wars fundamentally different from interstate wars?

  2. Types of Intrastate Conflict • Internal Conflict • Revolutions • Civil War • Ethnic/Religious • Genocides • Regime Transitions • Are any differences between old and new intrastate wars? • Position 1: differences in motivation, support, goals • old wars: ideological (high-minded patriots), mass support, controlled violence and collective grievances • new wars: criminal (private loot), no popular support, extreme violence • Position 2: no qualitatively difference • Locally based cleavages and networks, motivation at the group level (camaraderie, following leaders) • Levels of violence have not changed; violence strategic and controlled

  3. Causes of Intrastate Conflicts (1) • Internal processes: modernization, development • Collective disadvantages (grievances) • Salience of ethnocultural identity—collective fear • Weak states • Viability of rebel organizations • The impact of geography and history (poverty trap) • Rough terrain • Large populations-territorial concentration • Pre-existing organizations • Ethnic composition: Conditions under which it matters.

  4. Factors that contribute to failed states • Quasi states—failed states • Transfer of military technology • Groups with access to local provisions/resources • Single commodity economy • Long-term power struggles among political factions • **Low levels of development and low state capacity** • Is democratization the solution to the problem? If yes under what conditions?

  5. International context of intrastate wars (2) • Diffusion effects from neighboring countries • Bad neighborhoods • Bad neighbors • Diasporas

  6. Elites and Leaders • The role of elites • Ideological conflicts • Power Struggles—opportunistic behavior • Criminal Activities

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