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020			_a9781108936026 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aHV7439.M85 _bJ46 2022
082	0	0	_a322.4/209679/eng/20211210
100	1		_aJentzsch, Corinna, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aViolent resistance : _bmilitia formation and civil war in Mozambique / _cCorinna Jentzsch, Leiden University.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in contentious politics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jan 2022).
520			_aWhy do communities form militias to defend themselves against violence during civil war? Using original interviews with former combatants and civilians and archival material from extensive fieldwork in Mozambique, Corinna Jentzsch's Violent Resistance explains the timing, location and process through which communities form militias. Jentzsch shows that local military stalemates characterized by ongoing violence allow civilians to form militias that fight alongside the government against rebels. Militias spread only to communities in which elites are relatively unified, preventing elites from coopting militias for private gains. Crucially, militias that build on preexisting social conventions are able to resonate with the people and empower them to regain agency over their lives. Jentzsch's innovative study brings conceptual clarity to the militia phenomenon and helps us understand how wartime civilian agency, violent resistance, and the rise of third actors beyond governments and rebels affect the dynamics of civil war, on the African continent and beyond.
650		0	_aMilitia movements _zMozambique.
650		0	_aCivil war _zMozambique.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108837453
830		0	_aCambridge studies in contentious politics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936026
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