Claire Metelits
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814795774
- eISBN:
- 9780814759554
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814795774.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Conflict Politics and Policy
This chapter discusses some of the competing interpretations of insurgent violence toward civilians. Several contemporary scholars and analysts link insurgent violence to the unique types of ...
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This chapter discusses some of the competing interpretations of insurgent violence toward civilians. Several contemporary scholars and analysts link insurgent violence to the unique types of conflicts being fought today. Others link control over geographical space and the notion of insurgent control to these actors' behavior. Still others, responding to resource-driven conflict studies, link resources to types of recruits. However, the problem with these various assemblies that attempt to explain insurgent violence is that they do not address the issue of changing behavior. This issue is important because, once the question of behavioral change is addressed, the role of resources, territory, and other unanswered questions can be resolved.Less
This chapter discusses some of the competing interpretations of insurgent violence toward civilians. Several contemporary scholars and analysts link insurgent violence to the unique types of conflicts being fought today. Others link control over geographical space and the notion of insurgent control to these actors' behavior. Still others, responding to resource-driven conflict studies, link resources to types of recruits. However, the problem with these various assemblies that attempt to explain insurgent violence is that they do not address the issue of changing behavior. This issue is important because, once the question of behavioral change is addressed, the role of resources, territory, and other unanswered questions can be resolved.
