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Final Topic:

Political Violence

I like this page because it gives a broad overview of political violence. I would write summaries explaining how and why terrorism and revolutions are acts of political violence. Additionally, I would add more examples of political violence, like coup d'etat, rioting, and civil war. Finally, I would add social science explanations on the causes of each form of political violence . For example, I would reference Robert Worden’s “The Causes of Police Brutality”, social conflict theory, and control balance theory under the police brutality sub-topic.

Spend some time looking around Wikipedia for articles related to your topic, whether they are broader or have parallels. How is the information organized? How should your article fit in? Are you sure you are editing in the right place, or addressing the topic in the right way?

Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography

Why does political violence occur?

• James Fearon (1995). “Rationalist Explanations for War,” International Organization 49(3), p379-414
• Robert Powell. 2004. The Inefficient Use of Power: Costly Conflict with Complete Information. American Political Science Review. 98 (2). 
• Fearon, James D. 1998. Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation. International Organization, 52, 269-305.  
• Jack Hirshleifer, 1995. “Theorizing about Conflict,” Handbook of Defense Economics, Volume 1, Elsevier Science  
• Stathis Kalyvas, 2006. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. New York, Cambridge University Press, pp. 16‐51. 
• James D. Fearon and David D. Laitin, 1996. “Explaining Interethnic Cooperation,” American Political Science Review 90 (4), 715‐735.   
• Charles Tilly, The Politics of Collective Violence, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 1-54. OR Tilly, Charles, "Violence, Terror, and Politics as Usual," Boston Review 27 (2002)     
• Jean-Pierre Derriennic, “Theory and Ideologies of Violence,” Journal of Peace Research, 9:4 (1972), 361-374.    
• Stathis Kalyvas, “The Ontology of Political Violence,” Perspectives on Politics 1:3 (2003), pp. 475-494    
• Barry Posen, “The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict,” Survival 35:1 (1993), pp. 27-47.    
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Who participates in violence?

• Humphreys, Macartan and Jeremy M. Weinstein. 2008. “Who Fights? The Determinants of Participation in Civil War.” American Journal of Political Science 52(2)
• Ted Gurr, 1970. Why Men Rebel, Princeton, Princeton University Press
• Susanne Lohmann, 1993. “A Signaling Model of Informative and Manipulative Political Action, American Political Science Review 87 (2), 319‐333.  
• Mark Granovetter, 1973. “The Strength of Weak Ties," American Journal of Sociology 78, 1360‐ 1380. 

What are the types of political violence?

War

• Tilly, Charles (1985). “War making and state making as organized crime,” in Bringing the State Back In, eds P.B. Evans, D. Rueschemeyer, & T. Skocpol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Revolutions

• Theda Skocpol, “France, Russia, China: A Structural Analysis of Social Revolutions,” Comparative Studies in Society and History (April 1976): 175-203. 
• Farideh Farhi, “State Disintegration and Urban-Based Revolutionary Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of Iran and Nicaragua,” Comparative Political Studies 21:2 (1988): 231-256. (this crtiques Skopol's piece) 

Civil Wars

• Charles Tilly, “Violence, Terror, and Politics as Usual,” Boston Review (Summer 2002)
• Mary Kaldor, New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era
• Stathis Kalyvas, “’New’ and ‘Old’ Civil Wars. A Valid Distinction?” World Politics 54 (2001): 99-118. 
• Ethnic Conflict: Rui J. P. de Figueiredo, Jr. and Barry R. Weingast, “The Rationality of Fear: Political Opportunism and Ethnic Conflict,”
• Huntington, Samuel. 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs. 
• Kaplan, Robert D. The Coming Anarchy. 
• Collier, Paul and Hoeffler, Anke. 2001. "Greed and Grievance in Civil War." Oxford Economic Paper 56: 663-695. 2001. 
• Collier, Paul; Sambanis, Nicholas (eds). 2005. Understanding Civil Wars: Evidence and Analysis  

Terrorism

• Andrew H. Kydd and Barbara F. Walter, “The Strategies of Terrorism,” International Security 31, no. 1 (Summer 2006): 49-80.
• Victoroff, Jeff, “The Mind of A Terrorist: A Review and Critique of Psychological Approaches.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 49:1 (February 2005): 3-42