Understanding Collective Political Violence

Introduction: Individual Drivers of Collective Violence and the Dynamics of Armed Groups; Y.Guichaoua PART I: JOINING INSURGENCIES: CONTEXTS, BELIEFS AND AGENCY Militarized Youth in Western Côte d'Ivoire: Who are They? Why did They Fight?; M.C.den Hamer Political Cultures and Tuareg Mobilizations: Rebels of Niger, from Kaocen to the Mouvement des Nigériens Pour la Justice; F.Deycard The Mobilization of Children: What's the Difference?; J.Hart Gendered Patterns of Mobilisation and Recruitment for Political Violence, Experiences from Three Latin American Countries; L.M.D.Ortega Have Gun, Will Travel: Interpreting the Trajectories of Female Irregular Combatants; L.Gayer Engendering Armed Militancy in Kashmir: Women as Perpetrators of Violence; S.Shekhawat Recruitment into Armed Groups in Colombia: A Survey of Demobilized Fighters; A.M.Arjona & S.Kalyvas PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF INSURGENT GROUPS The Dilemmas of Recruitment: The Colombian Case; F.G.Sanin Religion versus Ethnicity as a Source of Mobilisation: Are There Differences?; F.Stewart The Politics of Counter-insurgency: How did the Young Patriots Emerge in Côte d'Ivoire?; G.Koné Circumstantial Alliances and Loose Loyalties in Rebellion Making: The Case of Tuareg Insurgency in Northern Niger (2007-2009); Y.Guichaoua Concluding Remarks; Y.Guichaoua