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020			_a9781139149426 (ebook)
020			_z9781107023024 (hardback)
020			_z9781107683488 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJC328.5 _b.C57 2012
082	0	0	_a303.6/4 _223
100	1		_aChristia, Fotini, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAlliance Formation in Civil Wars / _cFotini Christia.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (360 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aSome of the most brutal and long-lasting civil wars of our time involve the rapid formation and disintegration of alliances among warring groups, as well as fractionalization within them. It would be natural to suppose that warring groups form alliances based on shared identity considerations - such as Christian groups allying with Christian groups - but this is not what we see. Two groups that identify themselves as bitter foes one day, on the basis of some identity narrative, might be allies the next day and vice versa. Nor is any group, however homogeneous, safe from internal fractionalization. Rather, looking closely at the civil wars in Afghanistan and Bosnia and testing against the broader universe of fifty-three cases of multiparty civil wars, Fotini Christia finds that the relative power distribution between and within various warring groups is the primary driving force behind alliance formation, alliance changes, group splits and internal group takeovers.
650		0	_aCivil war
650		0	_aAlliances
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107023024
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149426
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38865 _d38865