Book contents
- Rebels and Conflict Escalation
- Rebels and Conflict Escalation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Vignettes
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Rebels and Escalation
- 2 Escalation and De-Escalation
- 3 Political Opportunity and Rebel Violence
- 4 Political Will
- 5 Capabilities
- 6 Capabilities
- 7 Political Will
- 8 Legitimacy and Support
- 9 De-Escalation
- 10 The Escalation and De-Escalation of Rebel Violence
- References
- Index
10 - The Escalation and De-Escalation of Rebel Violence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2021
Book contents
- Rebels and Conflict Escalation
- Rebels and Conflict Escalation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Vignettes
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Rebels and Escalation
- 2 Escalation and De-Escalation
- 3 Political Opportunity and Rebel Violence
- 4 Political Will
- 5 Capabilities
- 6 Capabilities
- 7 Political Will
- 8 Legitimacy and Support
- 9 De-Escalation
- 10 The Escalation and De-Escalation of Rebel Violence
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter ten concludes the book. The main findings are summarised and discussed and some theoretical premises are formulated that could contribute to a further theoretical debate about (de-)escalation. The book concludes that escalation and de-escalation are far from linear, carefully calculated phenomena but more often highly path dependent, inadvertent, if not accidental and beyond any individual’s control. The chapter also translates these findings into considerations for policy and paints some avenues for further research.
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- Rebels and Conflict EscalationExplaining the Rise and Decline in Violence, pp. 189 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021