Resources, governance and civil conflict / edited by Magnus Öberg and Kaare Strøm.

"First published in 2008. First issued in paperback ed 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introducing Civil Conflict -- Introduction / Magnus Ob̈erg and Kaare Strøm -- Civil Conflict in the Contemporary World / Kristine Eck, Bethany Lacina, and Magnus Ob̈erg -- Part II. Causes and Dynamics -- Insights from Macro Studies of the Risk of Civil War / Bethany Lacina -- Civil Wars and Interstate Disputes / Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Idean Salehyan -- Robin Hood or Al Capone? Natural Resources and Conflict in India's Naxalite Insurgency / William Noel̈ Ivey -- Government Restructuring and Reallocation of Resources in the face of Ethno-Nationalist Insurgency in the Basque Country (1979-2005) / Enric Martińez-Herrera -- Political Marginalization and Economic Exclusion in the Making of Insurgencies in Sudan / Aleksi Ylon̈en -- Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability / Scott Gates and Hav̈ard Strand -- Part III. Termination and Post-Conflict Stability -- Enforcing Alone: Collective Action in Ethnic Conflicts Settlement / Theodora-Ismene Gizelis -- From Bullets to Ballots: Using the People as Arbitrators to Settle Civil Wars / Margareta Sollenberg -- Democracy after War: Causes and Consequences of the 1948 Civil War in Costa / Rica Fernando F. Sańchez -- Democracies, Disengagement and Deals: Exploring the Effect of Different Types of Mediators in Civil Conflict / Isak Svensson -- Rebels on the Outside: Signatories Signaling Commitment to Durable Peace / Desireé Nilsson -- Part IV. Conclusions -- Conclusions Magnus Ob̈̈erg and Kaare Strøm.

This book explores how governance structures - domestic political institutions, international peacekeeping efforts, armed interventions by other states - and natural resources affect the onset, dynamics and the termination of civil wars. Written by leading researchers in the field of conflict research, it provides new insights into, and offers fresh perspectives on the role of governance structures and resources in civil conflict, suggesting that many of the same set of factors play important roles in the onset and dynamics of civil conflict as well as in the termination of such conflicts and in post-conflict stability. Presenting a variety of theoretical approaches and case studies on India, Sudan, the Basque country and Costa Rica, Governance, Resources and Civil Conflict will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, international relations and conflict studies.