Explaining Political Violence Against Civilians in Northern Ireland: A Contention-Oriented Approach

Maney, Gregory M.; McCarthy, Michael A.; Yukich, Grace

doi:10.17813/maiq.17.1.k074707202065h35

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“…This potential instrumentalization (or misperception) of grievances can lead analysts and researchers to discredit it ( Collier and Hoeffler, 2004 ). Maney, McCarthy and Yukich point out that approaches to terrorism in the ‘aftermath of 9/11 have largely stigmatized insurgents and ignored political repression and structural violence as sources of armed conflict’ ( 2012 : 29). Protagonists of PIV in recent years have been voided of their political agency and studied, usually from a distance, as actors whose politically sounding outcries ought to be understood merely as attempts to excuse or mask their actual intentions.…”

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Politico-ideological violence: Zooming in on grievances

Ajil

2020

European Journal of Criminology

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Most studies on politico-ideological violence (PIV) recognize the importance of socio-political and economic grievances, but they rarely analyse them in depth. I argue that this is symptomatic of a tendency of depoliticization in radicalization research in the post 9/11 context and suggest that the study of PIV may benefit from putting greater emphasis on the element of grievance. A grievance-based analysis allows for critical and reflexive consideration of structural and systemic factors pertinent for engagement in PIV and may thereby contribute to demystifying and re-politicizing the current debate on PIV. I propose three ‘ideal types’ of grievances (racial, ethnic and religious; socio-economic; political), which may be locally or globally oriented or inspired, and suggest that a combination of those is likely to be present in most forms of PIV. I conclude with a few methodological reflections and potential implications for policymaking.

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Section: Incorporating Grievances: Issues and Potential Benefitsmentioning

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Politico-ideological violence: Zooming in on grievances

Ajil

2020

European Journal of Criminology

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“…31), and edited volumes such as Bosi et al (2014) "Dynamics of Politics Violence" likewise emphasize connections between contention and violence. Similarly, scholars in the United States and elsewhere increasingly devote their attention to the study of far-right and left-wing extremist activism (Dobratz and Waldner 2012;Klandermans and Mayer 2006;McVeigh 2009), militant nationalism (Demetriou 2007;Maney 2007), terrorism (Beck 2008;della Porta 2008;Goodwin 2006;Oberschall 2004), guerrilla warfare (Viterna 2006(Viterna , 2013, counter-insurgency (Blocq 2013), armed activism (Bosi 2012;Bosi and della Porta 2012), violence as an escalation of action repertoires in response to state repression (della Porta 1995; Koopmans 2005), collective killings (Su 2011), 6 and political violence against civilians (Maney et al 2012). This is a significant amount of research, indeed.…”

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Genocide as Contentious Politics

Luft

2015

Sociology Compass

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Despite a recent turn towards the study of political violence within the field of contentious politics, scholars have yet to focus their lens on genocide. This is puzzling, as the field of collective action and social movements was originally developed in reaction to fascism (Nazism in particular), while research on collective action and research on genocide have long shown parallel findings and shared insights. This paper reviews the history of this scholarly convergence and divergence, and suggests that recent findings of research on genocide can be improved by the consideration of concepts from social movements and collective action. It then details three theories of the micro-mechanisms that mobilize individuals for contentionframing, diffusion, and networks -and specifies how they refine existing explanations of civilian participation in genocide. In the conclusion, I suggest that a contentious politics approach to genocide would consider it one form of collective action among others, analyzable within the existing framework of collective action and social movement theory.

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“…Moreover, in 2008, Donatella Della Porta wrote that such work remained "episodic" in the social sciences (2008: 221). As a result, the years since have seen a surge of research on political violence and social movements (in addition to the above, see Bosi and Giugni 2012;Maney et al 2012;and Oberschall 2004). Despite these developments, social movement research has said very little about genocide, 1 even though the field itself was originally developed in reaction to fascism (Nazism in particular), a political movement responsible for arguably the worst genocide of the twentieth century (Luft 2015a;Meyer 2004).…”

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The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Genocide

Luft

2019

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Recent years have witnessed a turn in the field of contentious politics toward the study of political violence, yet scholars have yet to focus their lens on genocide. Moreover, research on genocide is characterized by fundamental disagreements about its definition, origins, and dynamics, leading to a lack of generalizable theory. As a remedy, this article suggests that research on genocide can be improved by incorporating concepts from social movements. After reviewing the history of research on social movements and genocide, I analyze civilian participation in the Rwandan genocide as an example of how social movement theory helps explain civilian mobilization for genocide. Finally, I propose that a contentious politics approach to genocide would consider it one among many forms of contentious collective action, analyzable within the existing framework of social movement theory.

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Explaining Political Violence Against Civilians in Northern Ireland: A Contention-Oriented Approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Politico-ideological violence: Zooming in on grievances

Politico-ideological violence: Zooming in on grievances

Genocide as Contentious Politics

The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Genocide

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