RT Article
T1 “So, the killings continued”: wartime mobilization and post-war violence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 31
IS 6
SP 1168
OP 1186
A1 Baalen, Sebastian van
A2 Höglund, Kristine
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1838144595
AB Many post-war states experience continuous low-intensity violence for years after the formal end of the conflict. Existing theories often focus on country-level explanations of post-war violence, such as the presence of spoilers or the nature of the peace agreement. Yet, post-war violence does not affect all communities equally; whereas some remain entrenched in violence, others escape the perpetuation of violent conflict. We argue that communities where wartime mobilization at the local level is based on the formation of alliances between armed groups and local elites are more likely to experience post-war violence, than communities where armed groups generate civilian support based on grassroots backing of the group’s political objectives. We explore this argument in a comparison of three communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which have experienced different levels of post-war violence. The analysis supports the main argument and contributes to the research on the microdynamics of civil war by outlining the implications of certain strategies of wartime mobilization and how these may generate localized legacies.
NO Gesehen am 03.03.2023
NO Published online: 19 May 2017
K1 Microdynamics of civil war
K1 post-conflict states
K1 post-war violence
K1 South Africa
DO 10.1080/09546553.2017.1318126