POLSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Asymmetric Warfare, Arab Spring, National Wealth
17 Oct 2017
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Chapter 6: violence by nonstate actos: civil war and terrorism. Of the 69 peace keeping operations, 12 had international and civil dimensions. Civil wars have implications for international politics, ex: arab spring: spill over into a region-wide conflict that pulls in the great powers. Civil wars usually pit governments against rebel groups. Grievances (ex: government mistreatment of a specific population: Greed (ex: central africa has many conflicts over access to lucrative natural resources such as diamonds, gold, and oil) Territorial conflicts such as separatism (ex: the south in the us civil war); irredentism. Plots to overthrow the national government (ex: as in syria and libya) When dissatisfaction exists, still must solve collective action problem. Groups organize for rebellion when they share ethnic, religious, or linguistic affinity; have access to resources to garner support; and/or share a sense of injustice directed at the government the government.
