Resisting War
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Resisting War

How Communities Protect Themselves

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Resisting War

How Communities Protect Themselves

About this book

In civil conflicts around the world, unarmed civilians take enormous risks to protect themselves and confront heavily armed combatants. This is not just counterintuitive - it is extraordinary. In this book, Oliver Kaplan explores cases from Colombia, with extensions to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and the Philippines, to show how and why civilians influence armed actors and limit violence. Based on fieldwork and statistical analysis, the book explains how local social organization and cohesion enable both covert and overt nonviolent strategies, including avoidance, cultures of peace, dispute resolution, deception, protest, and negotiation. These 'autonomy' strategies help civilians retain their agency and avoid becoming helpless victims by limiting the inroads of armed groups.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Preface and Acknowledgments
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. 1 Introduction: Civilian Autonomy in Civil War
  12. 2 A Theory of Civilian Decision-Making in Civil War
  13. 3 The History of Conflict and Local Autonomy in Colombia
  14. 4 Living to Tell About It: Research in Conflict Settings
  15. 5 How Civilian Organizations Affect Civil War Violence
  16. 6 Why Some Communities Are More Organized than Others
  17. 7 The Institution of the ATCC: Protection through Conciliation
  18. 8 Discovering Civilian Autonomy in Cundinamarca
  19. 9 Civilian Autonomy around the World
  20. 10 Conclusions and Policy Implications
  21. Appendix A Archives Consulted
  22. Appendix B Supplementary Documentation on the ATCC
  23. Glossary
  24. References
  25. Index