TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Pathways to violence: dynamics for the continuation of large-scale conflict
JO  - Sociological theory
A1  - Balian, Hrag
A1  - Bearman, Peter
SP  - 210
EP  - 220
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
N2  - This article identifies why large-scale multisided civil conflict lasts for so long. The simple answer is that groups engaged in such conflicts have opportunities to achieve coveted ends like dominance and/or revenge by killing members of other groups. We focus on killing events and their temporal ordering rather than on rates. From this perspective, we identify how purely endogenous dynamics lead to conflict continuity and more unusually, conflict failure, or peace. The empirical case we consider is the Northern Ireland "Troubles," 1969-2001.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-2751
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0735275118777000
ID  - ref1
ER  -