Published In

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Document Type

Pre-Print

Publication Date

12-10-2023

Subjects

Politics and government -- Northern Ireland

Abstract

Why do militant groups decide to escalate or deescalate their use of violence in conflict? Examining the case of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland, we analyze groups that adopt violence as a political strategy and evaluate factors that influence its application. To do so, we adopt a novel empirical approach to the study of militant groups. Drawn from information science, this approach enables estimation of variable influence and uncertainty within structured case studies, and is thus ideal for topics such as militant decision-making where systematic data collection is difficult.

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Copyright © 2024 the Author

Description

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Conflict Management and Peace Science.

DOI

10.1177/07388942231216729

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/41268

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