Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3225: Understanding Civil War

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Basic reading:

Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian S. Gleditsch, and Halvard Buhaug. Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2013.

Barbara F. Walter. Committing to Peace: The Successful Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. 2002.

Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis. Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ. 2006.

Stathis N. Kalyvas. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, MA 2006.

Paul Staniland. Networks of Rebellion. Cornell University Press. Ithaka, NY, 2014.