Fighting Over Peace : Spoilers, Peace Agreements, and the Strategic Use of Violence

206 Pages·2016·2.33 MB·English

by  Andrew G. Reiter (auth.)

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Rethinking Political Violence
Series Editor
Roger   Mac Ginty
Professor of Peace and Confl ict Studies
University of Manchester
UK
Aim of the Series
This series provides a new space in which to interrogate and challenge
much of the conventional wisdom of political violence. International
and multidisciplinary in scope, this series explores the causes, types and
effects of contemporary violence connecting key debates on terrorism,
insurgency, civil war and peace-making. The timely R ethinking Political
Violence offers a sustained and refreshing analysis reappraising some of the
fundamental questions facing societies in confl ict today and understanding
attempts to ameliorate the effects of political violence.
More information about this series at
http://www.springer.com/series/14499
Andrew   G.   R eiter
Fighting Over Peace
Spoilers, Peace Agreements, and the Strategic
Use of Violence
Andrew   G.   Reiter
Department of Politics
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA
Rethinking Political Violence
ISBN 978-3-319-40101-0 ISBN 978-3-319-40102-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40102-7
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To Kathleen, for all of her support

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS
The idea for this book came about through various seminars while I was
a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It eventually
turned into a dissertation project, and Leigh Payne, who chaired the dis-
sertation committee and guided the project from its inception, deserves
special thanks for her continuous support and insights. Scott Straus and
Christina Ewig were part of the project early on and provided invaluable
comments on the manuscript at various stages, and Lisa Martin and Andy
Kydd’s feedback on the completed dissertation proved extremely helpful
in converting the dissertation to a book. As I expanded and revised the
project, Kavita Khory and Jon Western deserve special thanks for reading
and commenting on the entire manuscript. Thanks also to Tricia Olsen,
Brett Kyle, and Calvin Chen for their feedback and advice.
The Smith Richardson Foundation and the Department of Politics at
the University of Wisconsin–Madison generously funded the early data col-
lection for the project. Mount Holyoke College supported the completion
of the project through a sabbatical, faculty fellowship, and funding for two
research assistants—Courtney Brunson and Tina Khulordava—who helped
immensely in the fi nal stages. I was also lucky to have Roger Mac Ginty
as the series editor; his close read and detailed comments went above and
beyond what authors typically receive. Thanks also to Sarah Roughley, Sam
Snedden, and S. Jesintha at Palgrave for ushering the book to completion.
Finally, I must thank my wife, Kathleen. She read and commented
on the manuscript multiple times, spent countless evenings listening to
me brainstorm ideas, and provided the much-needed emotional support
throughout the long life of the project.
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ONTENTS
1 Introduction: When Peace Begets Violence 1
2 Who Spoils and Why 21
3 Where Spoiling Occurs 51
4 Termination Spoiling: Sabotage and Obstruction 77
5 Modifi cation Spoiling: Bargaining and Enforcement 105
6 Conclusion: Implications for Theory and Practice 145
Appendix A: Civil War Peace Agreements, 1990–2011 163
Appendix B: Spoilers 177
Index 183
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