POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Collective Action
22 Jun 2017
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Land: civil war as a bargaining failure, commitment problems. Re(cid:271)els do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) if go(cid:448) will follow through if they lay done arms. Go(cid:448) is(cid:374)"t sure that (cid:373)ore radi(cid:272)al re(cid:271)els (cid:449)ill a(cid:272)tually stop. 3rd party negotiator to attempt to get a truce worked out between actors, (un) Works often but there are often spoilers. Spoilers: any efforts to disrupt the peace process. Terrorism: use of violence against civilians, action taken by a group that is not a state. Why terrorism: terrorists are strategic, terrorists have goals. Muslim population is the #1 target of terrorist attacks: terrorists are extremists, small groups w/ big violence, not thugs, places where law enforcement has broken doen- ex. Somalia and bosnia: not as threatening against modern democracies. Puzzles about terrorism: bargaining failures that can lead to terrorism: Terrorism and commitment problems: must demonstrate credibility, states make concessions, targets must be able to judge. Terrorism and indivisibilities: terrorism because of indivisibilities, regional and terrorism.
